Reforms, construction of Rokumeikan (Pavilion of the Deer's Cry) and adoption of western cultures (clothes, food, solar calendar and so on) in Japan during the Meiji period were conducted under the change of international law as mentioned above, those were efforts to stand on an equal footing with Western countries and to be protected by international law.
明治日本の諸改革や鹿鳴館建設、西欧風俗（衣服・食事・暦他）受容は、こうした国際法の変容を敏感に察知した上で為されたもので、国際法適用を受け、西欧諸国に肩を並べるための努力だったのである。