emperor meiji was the japanese leader who called his reign the enlightened rule.
emperor meiji was the japanese leader who called his reign the enlightened rule.
who was the japanese leader who called his reign the enlightened rule?
emperor meiji
on september 19, 1868, the emperor announced the name of the city of edo was to be changed to tokyo, meaning "eastern capital". he was formally crowned in kyoto on october 15 (a ceremony which had been postponed from the previous year due to the civil unrest). shortly before the coronation, he announced that the new era, or "nengō", would be called "meiji" or "enlightened rule". heretofore the "nengō" had often been changed multiple times in an emperor's reign; from now on, it was announced, there would only be one "nengō" per reign.
emperor meiji
enlightened rule destroyed the few remaining vestiges of the bohemian kingdom. the dismantling of bohemian institutions and the dominance of the german language seemed to threaten the very existence of the czech nation. yet, enlightened rule also provided new educational and economic opportunities for the czech people. inadvertently, the enlightened monarchs helped set the stage for a czech national revival.









































section::::national revival.
history of the lands of the bohemian crown (1648–1867)