Emperor Meiji & the Meiji Restoration Documentary

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[CliffCardi]

Imagine being born in 1854 in Feudal Japan, and then experiencing not only rapid industrialization and modernization within a hundred years, but become an economic superpower with technology that surpasses the west in your own lifetime.

[BHuang]

To date, the Meji Restoration is one of the fastest modernization in history!

[maximilianusofmarchaorient]

Fantastic video! Japan is truly an impressive nation with an intriguing history!

[doublep]

It´s really impressive, how Emperor Meiji & his government transformed Japan from an isolationist, feudal nation into a modern industrial & military powerhouse, in this short span of time.
Emperor Meiji & his government, pretty much saw what happened with the Chinese Empire & how it became a shadow of it former self, exploited by the European colonial powers and ruled by corrupt bureaucrats and said themselves: "NOPE!"
Then they literally dragged Japan into the modern age, kicking & screaming.

[Gorgod]

Great video, it's nice to have a documentary that succinctly summarises a period of history without delving into excessive dramatisation like many other channels do.

[brianmessemer]

I studied Japanese history and literature during my undergraduate years (peripherally as I received a degree in music and education), subsequently lived and worked in Japan for 3 years in my 20's, and since then have spent my summers in Japan nearly every year. My Japanese wife and I are both educators - she early-childhood and I middle/high school. I am a keen and interested observer of Japanese history, culture and language. And I have to say that this is the most excited I have ever been about a YouTube video discussing Japanese history of any period. Several minutes in it became clear to me that it was researched and written by people in academia, probably with doctorates, and this proved to be true in the end credits. But what I would like to remark is: this video document strikes a balance between academic rigor on one hand and entertaining presentation style and pacing on the other that I've never seen before. It's a perfect balance. I follow quite a few other channels that make high quality history content, sure, but nothing feels like this does. Most other channels repackage information at the standard textbook level in more visually engaging and entertaining ways. Maybe that's what this is doing too, but this feels a higher caliber, meticulously crafted by experts in this field, not just YouTubers who are avid amateur historians. I love the latter, but this level of historical presentation is special. I see that you have done pieces on Takamori Saigo and Emperor Hirohito as well. I look forward to watching them and have most enthusiastically subscribed to the channel. Thank you for this wonderfully authentic work.

[charlesxix]

I always find it amazing that we can watch this quality of video from YouTube. As many people watch them via a smart TV we could be seeing a BBC documentary or one of the many commercial channels. Thanks The People Profiles.

[ZERO-AM]

Firearms were accidentally introduced to Japan in 1543 by Portuguese, by the time of Battle of Sekigahara, Japan became one of the world’s largest rifle-armed military power by the time of Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Samurai forces were always armed with self-manufactured “Tanegashima” match lock rifle regiments. Tanegashima match locks were high quality match-locks at the time, still sought after collectors items today. New rifles used in Saigo’s rebellion, many of which were fought with surplus American civil war weapons which US has exported to Japan, Meiji restorations were Japan’s version of Industrial Revolution .

[ujzjuvr]

The voice over dude is a good man to tell stories about history

[gayprepperz]

Glad I finally got around to watching your presentation. I have long been aware of the significance of the reign of the Emperor Meiji, your presentation has been very enlightening. This emperor's reign set the stage for the following century and can not be underestimated. Thank you for your empirical efforts to shed light on one of the greatest, but seemingly least known of the Japanese Emperors.

[jerrybaird]

Outstanding video! A reasonable summary of a century of events, ending at WW2. I was quite familiar with Japanese history from 1920-29 to the end of WW2 and beyond, but this was my introduction to the beginning of the Meiji era.

[afwalker]

While a very nuts-and-bolts recitation of the facts concerning the Meiji restoration, the photography in this is overwhelming! I want to see this on a big screen...

[ender]

I wish my country have one day someone like Meiji.

[krimzonstriker]

One of my favorite periods in time, Japan really did set the standard 😁

[danielsantiagourtado]

Yes! A fantastic video on the life and accomplishments of Meiji the Great! Japan's Greatest Emperor.

[HiHi-ylwd]

The English translation of the name of this movement is quite interesting. The original Japanese name of this movement is "Meiji Revolution" (明治維新). The name of this movement came from ancient Chinese literature, "The Book of Songs": "周虽旧邦，其命维新"(Although Zhou is an old kingdom, it undertakes a mission of revolution). The original Japanese name of this movement focuses more on "revolution". However, the English translation chooses to focus more on "restoration".

[iwatchDVDsonXbox]

Thanks. Always wanted to learn more about him.

[andrewdegozaru]

Both interesting and informative. Great job.

[buster]

Another excellent video! That was a lot of historical information put together in an hour video.

[Nishkid]

Although the Restoration returned the power to the Emperor from the feudal military government, this only lasted till 1905 when Japan became a constitution monarch and once again its government became dominated by the militarism till the end of WWII.