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1868 establishments in Japan

  • Empire of JapanOn the 3rd of January 1868, Satsuma-Chōshū forces seized the imperial palace in Kyoto. The following day, a fifteen-year-old boy named Crown Prince Mutsuhito…
  • Meiji RestorationIn the Edo period, Japan operated under a strict social hierarchy where the Emperor and his Court sat at the very top. Below them stood the Tokugawa…
  • Imperial Japanese ArmyOn the 27th of January 1868, Tokugawa Yoshinobu marched on Kyoto with a force of 15,000 men. These troops included units trained by French military advisers.