1. Mutsuhito, posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1867 until his death in 1912.
17 Facts About Emperor Meiji
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Emperor Meiji's reign is associated with the Meiji Restoration of 1868, which ended the Tokugawa shogunate and began rapid changes that transformed Japan from an isolationist, feudal state to an industrialized world power.
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Emperor Meiji was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan, and presided over the Meiji era.
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Emperor Meiji died in 1912, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Yoshihito.
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Emperor Meiji proved an indifferent student, and later in life wrote poems regretting that he had not applied himself more in writing practice.
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Emperor Meiji Komei fell seriously ill at the age of 36 and died on 30 January 1867.
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Emperor Meiji repeatedly asked for the emperor's confirmation of his actions, which he eventually received, but there is no indication that the young emperor was himself involved in the decisions.
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Consequently, the title of Emperor Meiji must be substituted for that of Tycoon, in which the treaties have been made.
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Emperor Meiji kept no diary, wrote almost no letters and left "no more than three or four" photographs.
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The Emperor Meiji, who was born on 3 November 1852, succeeded to the throne on 3 February 1867, on the suppression of the Shogun dynasty, which had for generations wielded the power which the imperial family held only in name.
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Emperor Meiji, suffering from diabetes, nephritis, and gastroenteritis, died of uremia.
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Emperor Meiji was succeeded by his eldest son, Emperor Taisho.
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However, the Meiji Emperor had fifteen children by five official ladies-in-waiting.
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Emperor Meiji had fifteen children, five of them reached adulthood.
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The Emperor Meiji era ushered in many far-reaching changes to the ancient feudal society of Japan.
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Emperor Meiji is portrayed by Toshiro Mifune in the 1980 Japanese war drama film The Battle of Port Arthur.
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Emperor Meiji appears in the 2003 film The Last Samurai, played by Nakamura Shichinosuke II.