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[[Image:Meiji-naminoue.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Statue of Emperor Meiji at [[Naminoue Shrine]] in [[Okinawa]], identified as ''kokka'', or, "The State."]]
[[Image:Meiji-tomb.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The tomb-mound of Emperor Meiji, at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]] in [[Kyoto]].]]
*''Born: [[1852]]''
*''Died: [[1912]]''
*''Reign: [[1867]]-1912''
*''Other Names'': 睦仁 ''(Mutsuhito)''
*''Japanese'': 明治天皇 ''(Meiji tennou)''
The Meiji Emperor was the great-grandfather of the current [[Emperor]] of Japan. Following the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[1868]], he was the first Emperor since [[Emperor Kemmu]] in the 1330s to rule the country in the absence of a [[shogunate]]; he was also the last Emperor to reign in [[Kyoto]].
==Life & Reign==
Emperor Meiji, known by his personal name Mutsuhito during his life, was the son of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] and [[Nakayama Yoshiko]], an imperial concubine. His wife, Ichijô Haruko, came to be known as [[Empress Shoken|Empress Dowager Shôken]].
Meiji took the throne on 1867/1/9, less than a year before [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] stepped down as [[Shogun]], marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the "[[Meiji Restoration|restoration]]" of Imperial rule.
His reign, known as the [[Meiji period]] ([[1867]]-[[1912]]), was marked by dramatic, rapid modernization and Westernization, as the country industrialized, militarized, began colonial/imperial expansion, instituted a system of rule based around a constitutional/parliamentary monarchy, nationwide public education, and a myriad of other reforms and developments.
Emperor Meiji died in 1912, and was succeeded by his son, the [[Emperor Taisho|Taishô Emperor]]. He was entombed at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]], a short distance from the grave of [[Emperor Kammu]]; thus, the first and last emperors to reign in [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]] (Kyoto) are buried nearby one another.
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{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1867]]-[[1912]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taisho|Emperor Taishô]]'''
|}
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==References==
*"Chronology of the Japanese Emperors since the Mid-Nineteenth Century." in ''Handbook of Oriental Studies''. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. pp335-336.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Image:Meiji-tomb.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The tomb-mound of Emperor Meiji, at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]] in [[Kyoto]].]]
*''Born: [[1852]]''
*''Died: [[1912]]''
*''Reign: [[1867]]-1912''
*''Other Names'': 睦仁 ''(Mutsuhito)''
*''Japanese'': 明治天皇 ''(Meiji tennou)''
The Meiji Emperor was the great-grandfather of the current [[Emperor]] of Japan. Following the fall of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[1868]], he was the first Emperor since [[Emperor Kemmu]] in the 1330s to rule the country in the absence of a [[shogunate]]; he was also the last Emperor to reign in [[Kyoto]].
==Life & Reign==
Emperor Meiji, known by his personal name Mutsuhito during his life, was the son of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] and [[Nakayama Yoshiko]], an imperial concubine. His wife, Ichijô Haruko, came to be known as [[Empress Shoken|Empress Dowager Shôken]].
Meiji took the throne on 1867/1/9, less than a year before [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] stepped down as [[Shogun]], marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the "[[Meiji Restoration|restoration]]" of Imperial rule.
His reign, known as the [[Meiji period]] ([[1867]]-[[1912]]), was marked by dramatic, rapid modernization and Westernization, as the country industrialized, militarized, began colonial/imperial expansion, instituted a system of rule based around a constitutional/parliamentary monarchy, nationwide public education, and a myriad of other reforms and developments.
Emperor Meiji died in 1912, and was succeeded by his son, the [[Emperor Taisho|Taishô Emperor]]. He was entombed at the former site of [[Fushimi castle]], a short distance from the grave of [[Emperor Kammu]]; thus, the first and last emperors to reign in [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]] (Kyoto) are buried nearby one another.
{{stub}}
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1867]]-[[1912]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taisho|Emperor Taishô]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
*"Chronology of the Japanese Emperors since the Mid-Nineteenth Century." in ''Handbook of Oriental Studies''. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. pp335-336.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Emperors]]
