Meiji Restoration

Key events

100

This year marks the beginning of the Meiji Restoration.

1868

200

This event ended the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and restored imperial power.

The fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Leaders

100

This emperor was restored to power during the Meiji Restoration.

Emperor Meiji

300

This former shogunate leader lost his political power during the Restoration.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Reforms

300

This social class system, which gave power to samurai and daimyo, was abolished.

➡️ Answer: The feudal system

400

Japan’s government adopted ideas from this European country’s constitution.

➡️ Answer: Germany (Prussia)