{"slug": "emperor-meiji", "label": "Emperor Meiji", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Meiji", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174231", "qid": "Q174231", "description": "Emperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912", "entries": 14, "years": 6, "span": [1852, 1912], "span_label": ["1852 CE", "1912 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tokugawa-shogunate", "label": "Tokugawa shogunate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crown-prince", "label": "Crown Prince", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shogun", "label": "Shogun", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1852, "year_label": "1852 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1912)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354165010#October–December", "title": "1852", "revid": 1354165010, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1860, "year_label": "1860 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Mutsuhito (the future Emperor Meiji) becomes Crown Prince of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371066131#July", "title": "1860", "revid": 1371066131, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – The late Emperor Kōmei's 14-year-old son, Prince Mutsuhito, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan in a brief ceremony in Kyoto, ending the Late Tokugawa shogunate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#February", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – Emperor Meiji of Japan marries Empress Shōken (née Masako Ichijō). The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#September", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 9", "text": "November 9 – The last shōgun of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, tenders his resignation to Emperor Meiji.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#November", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, declares the Meiji Restoration, his own restoration to full power, under the influence of supporters from the Chōshū and Satsuma Domains, and against the supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate, triggering the Boshin War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#January", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February", "text": "Foreign ministers meeting in Hyōgo are persuaded to recognise the restored Emperor Meiji of Japan, with promises that harbours will be open in accordance with international treaties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#February", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – The Charter Oath, drawn up by his councilors, is promulgated at the enthronement of the Emperor Meiji of Japan, promising deliberative assemblies and an end to feudalism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#April", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11–July – Fall of Edo: The Japanese city surrenders to Emperor Meiji. Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu submits to the Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#April", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10–14 – Boshin War – Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, Japan: Forces of the Emperor Meiji resist the retreating troops of the Tokugawa shogunate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#May", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – Emperor Meiji of Japan announces that the name of the city of Edo is to be changed to Tokyo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#September", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1869, "year_label": "1869 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March", "text": "March – In Japan, the daimyōs of the Tosa, Hizen, Satsuma and Chōshū Domains are persuaded to return their domains to the Emperor Meiji, leading to creation of a fully centralized government in the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360511845#March", "title": "1869", "revid": 1360511845, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1912, "year_label": "1912 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503730#July", "title": "1912", "revid": 1373503730, "section": "Deaths › July"}}, {"year": 1912, "year_label": "1912 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Emperor Meiji of Japan dies; he is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who becomes Emperor Taishō. In the history of Japan, the event marks the end of the Meiji period and the beginning of the Taishō period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503730#July", "title": "1912", "revid": 1373503730, "section": "Events › July"}}]}