 
 <prompt> ```Wen Tokugawa Period end? Wit di previous question, write context wey get di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context:``` <response>: Around di end of di 19th century and enta di 20th century, di Meiji era bin dey marked by di reign of di Meiji Emperor. During dis time, Japan start im modernization and rise to world power status. Dis era name mean "Enlightened Rule". For Japan, di Meiji Restoration start for di 1860s, marking di rapid modernization by di Japanese demselves along European lines. Much research don focus on di issues of discontinuity versus continuity with di previous Tokugawa Period. For di 1960s younger Japanese scholars led by Irokawa Daikichi, react against di bureaucratic superstate, and begin dey search for di historic role of di common people. Dem avoid di elite, and focus no be on political events but on social forces and attitudes. Dem reject both Marxism and modernization theory as alien and confining. Dem stress di importance of popular energies for di development of modern Japan. Dem enlarge history by using di methods of social history. E no be until di beginning of di Meiji Era before di Japanese government begin dey take modernization seriously. Japan expand im military production base by opening arsenals for different locations. Di hyobusho (war office) come dey replaced with a War Department and a Naval Department. Di samurai class suffer great disappointment for di following years. 