This event led to a program of land reform and abolition of the old feudal system, including the Samurai class.
This led to a Charter Oath with five articles, the last of which stated that knowledge would be sought throughout the world. The leader put in charge was a teenager who ruled for the next forty-five years. It was facilitated by the formation of the Satcho alliance and its victory in the Boshin War. The catalyst for this event was the arrival of the Saratoga and the Susquehanna along with two other ships at Uraga Harbor, the so-called "Black Ships" commanded by Matthew Perry. This event led to a program of land reform and abolition of the old feudal system, including the Samurai class. Name this group of events in Japanese history in which oligarchs overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate to make way for a new emperor.
This led to a Charter Oath with five articles, the last of which stated that knowledge would be sought throughout the world.
Meiji restoration