In the mid-Meiji, with the beginning of elementary education, full enforcement of conscription, victory in the Japanese-Sino and Japanese-Russo wars, etc., a nationalistic thinking arose in society along with a surge in patriotism.
明治中期に入ると初等教育の開始や徴兵制の徹底、日清戦争・日露戦争での勝利等を背景に、愛国心の高まりと共に社会情勢は国家主義的思想が台頭した。