Genesis of the Meiji Government in Japan, 1868-1871

abolished administrative affairs Akizuki Taneki appointed April assembly August 15 authority bakufu benji central government Charter Oath chiji Chōshū Court nobles Court rank daimyo Dajōkan Date Munenari Echizen Emperor established Executive Department extremists feudal lords fiefs Fukuoka Kōtei Gakkō Gijisho gijō and sanyo Gotō Shōjirō government leaders government structure hoshō Ibid Imperial government Indefinite number Ishin Shi Ishin Shiryō Iwakura Tomomi January Japan Jimuka Jimukyoku Jingikan Jōkyoku Kaigi July June 11 June 24 Kido Kōin Kōgi Seitai Kōgisho Kōin kōshi Kyoku Kyoto Legislative Department lower chamber March 13 Matsudaira Yoshinaga Meiji Shiyō ment Miya offices Ōgimachi Ōhara Ōkubo Toshimichi Ōkuma Shigenobu period personnel political problem proposal regime Restoration sadaijin saibansho Saigō samurai Sanjō Sanetomi sanyo Satsuma Seido Seitaisho Sept session Shinnō Shinto shō shogun Shugiin sōsai throne To-baku Tokugawa family Tokyo Tosa upper chamber Yamanouchi Toyoshige