| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_period 
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                                | gptkbp:capital | gptkb:Tokyo 
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                                | gptkbp:constitutionEnacted | gptkb:Meiji_Constitution 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Japan 
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                                | gptkbp:currency | gptkb:yen 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1912 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Taisho_period 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Emperor_Meiji 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:urban_development gptkb:Iwakura_Mission
 gptkb:Satsuma_Rebellion
 growth of newspapers
 adoption of Gregorian calendar
 introduction of Western architecture
 introduction of Western medicine
 introduction of postal system
 introduction of railways
 introduction of telegraph
 annexation of Hokkaido
 annexation of Korea
 annexation of Ryukyu Islands
 establishment of zaibatsu
 expansion of education system
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFigure | gptkb:Emperor_Meiji gptkb:Yamagata_Aritomo
 gptkb:Ito_Hirobumi
 gptkb:Kido_Takayoshi
 gptkb:Okubo_Toshimichi
 gptkb:Saigo_Takamori
 
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                                | gptkbp:officialLanguage | Japanese 
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                                | gptkbp:parliamentEstablished | gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Edo_period 
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                                | gptkbp:reformed | industrialization land tax reform
 abolition of feudal system
 introduction of compulsory education
 universal conscription
 creation of modern army and navy
 adoption of Western dress and customs
 
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                                | gptkbp:reigningEmperor | gptkb:Emperor_Meiji 
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                                | gptkbp:significantEvent | gptkb:First_Sino-Japanese_War gptkb:Meiji_Restoration
 gptkb:Russo-Japanese_War
 abolition of the samurai class
 establishment of constitutional monarchy
 adoption of Western technology
 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1868 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Edo_period gptkb:Fukuzawa_Yukichi
 gptkb:Bakumatsu_period
 gptkb:Government_of_Meiji_Japan
 gptkb:Late_Edo_period
 gptkb:Meiji-tennō
 gptkb:Mutsuhito
 gptkb:Taisho_Democracy
 gptkb:Yamagata_Aritomo
 gptkb:Genrō
 gptkb:House_of_Peers_(Japan)
 gptkb:Rikken_Seiyūkai
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Meiji period 
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