The Meiji government, which replaced the shogunate ... and other family members burned the Stars and Stripes flag. In 1944, Japanese authorities conscripted 825 male residents of the Ogasawara ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

The Meiji government declared Chichijima Japanese territory in 1876 ... and other family members burned Perry's American flag for fear of persecution. In 1944, Japanese authorities forcibly ...

From the multitude of political, economic, social, intellectual, technological, institutional, and cultural changes of Meiji Japan’s encounter with modernity, this lesson focuses on material culture.