Meiji Restoration

The Shinsengumi: Last Defenders of the ShogunateCULTURE | Nov 28, 2025

The Meiji Restoration and the Secularization of BuddhismCULTURE | Nov 2, 2023

Wandering Through History in KagoshimaCULTURE | Oct 7, 2022

Nagayo Sensai: Father of Japan’s Medical and Hygienic SystemsJAPAN LIFE | Jul 4, 2022

Mystery Solved: Helmet and Armor at Toyama Temple Determined to Have Belonged to Shinsengumi Leader Kondō IsamiCULTURE | May 12, 2022

Meiji Painter Yamashita Rin and Her Journey of Faith and ArtINSIGHT | Oct 20, 2021

A Guide to the World Heritage Tomioka Silk MillTRAVEL | Nov 28, 2019

Fukuzawa Yukichi: Advocate for Education and IndependenceCULTURE | Sep 4, 2019

Japan’s Industrial RevolutionCULTURE | Jul 10, 2019

The Iwakura Mission: Japan’s 1871 Voyage to Discover the Western WorldINSIGHT | Jun 7, 2019

New Japanese Banknotes to Feature International-Minded Thinkers from the Meiji EraINSIGHT | Apr 19, 2019

Rising in the World: The Roots of the Businessmen Who Built Japanese CapitalismCULTURE | Apr 1, 2019

The Meiji Restoration: The End of the Shogunate and the Building of a Modern Japanese StateCULTURE | Nov 29, 2018

Meiji Modernizers: The Chōshū FiveCULTURE | Sep 12, 2018

The Life of Japan’s “Last Samurai” Saigō TakamoriCULTURE | May 9, 2018

The Gift Locomotive That Charmed Samurai JapanCULTURE | Aug 5, 2017

Takeaways from the World Heritage Listing for Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial RevolutionINSIGHT | Aug 31, 2015

Yoshida Shōin: The Revolutionary and Teacher Who Helped Bring Down the ShogunateCULTURE | Feb 4, 2015