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Meiji Emperor

Emperor Meiji
明治天皇
Black and white photo of emperor Meiji of Japan.jpg
Emperor of Japan
Reign February 3, 1867 –
July 30, 1912
Enthronement September 12, 1868
Predecessor Kōmei
Successor Taishō
Shoguns Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Prime Ministers
Born (1852-11-03)November 3, 1852
Kyoto, Feudal Japan
Died July 30, 1912(1912-07-30) (aged 59)
Tokyo City, Empire of Japan
Burial September 13, 1912
Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi (伏見桃山陵), Kyoto
Spouse Masako Ichijō
Issue
Among others...
Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō
Masako, Princess Takeda
Fusako, Princess Kitashirakawa
Nobuko, Princess Asaka
Toshiko, Princess Higashikuni
Full name
Mutsuhito (睦仁?)
House Imperial House of Japan
Father Emperor Kōmei
Mother Nakayama Yoshiko
Religion Shinto
Signature
Full name
Mutsuhito (睦仁?)
Styles of
The Emperor
Imperial Seal of Japan.svg
Reference style His Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty
Alternative style Sir

Emperor Meiji (明治天皇 Meiji-tennō?, November 3, 1852 – July 30, 1912), or Meiji the Great (明治大帝 Meiji-taitei?), was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from February 3, 1867 until his death on July 30, 1912. He presided over a time of rapid change in the Empire of Japan, as the nation quickly changed from a feudal state to a capitalist and imperial world power, characterized by the Japanese industrial revolution.

At the time of Meiji's birth in 1852, Japan was an isolated, pre-industrial, feudal country dominated by the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyo, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains. By the time of his death in 1912, Japan had undergone a political, social, and industrial revolution at home (See Meiji Restoration) and emerged as one of the great powers on the world stage. The New York Times summed up this transformation at his funeral in 1912, with the words: "the contrast between that which preceded the funeral car and that which followed it was striking indeed. Before it went old Japan; after it came new Japan."


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