Question

Emperor Meiji and the charter oath

Answer 1

Meiji, in full Meiji Tennō, personal name Mutsuhito (born Nov. 3, 1852, Kyōto—died July 30, 1912, Tokyo), emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912, during whose reign Japan was dramatically transformed from a feudal country into one of the great powers of the modern world.The Charter Oath (五箇条の御誓文 Gokajō no Goseimon, more literally, the Oath in Five Articles) was promulgated at the enthronement of Emperor Meiji of Japan on 7 April 1868.