Meiji Restoration in Japan

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause desire for modernization
foreign pressure
internal unrest
unequal treaties
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:endDate 1912
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Meiji_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Meiji Restoration in Japan
gptkbp:keyFigure gptkb:Emperor_Meiji
gptkb:Kido_Takayoshi
gptkb:Okubo_Toshimichi
gptkb:Saigo_Takamori
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kyoto
Edo (Tokyo)
gptkbp:notableRelease gptkb:urban_development
industrial development
creation of conscript army
land tax reform
railway construction
introduction of compulsory education
modern banking system
abolition of samurai privileges
adoption of Western dress and customs
postal system introduction
telegraph introduction
adoption of Western legal codes
creation of Diet (parliament)
creation of police force
establishment of cabinet system
promulgation of Meiji Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Tokugawa_period
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Boshin_War
gptkb:Charter_Oath
gptkb:Iwakura_Mission
gptkb:Satsuma_Rebellion
abolition of the han system
gptkbp:resultedIn modernization of Japan
establishment of Meiji government
restoration of imperial rule
abolition of feudal system
end of Tokugawa shogunate
gptkbp:significance rapid industrialization
adoption of Western institutions
creation of a constitutional monarchy
formation of a modern military
gptkbp:startDate 1868
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Westernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6