During it, the Sumitomo clan founded the first zaibatsu.
An opposition leader of the Freedom Party during this period supposedly yelled that he may die, "but liberty never," when he was attacked by right-wing thugs. A statesman in this period offered to provoke his own assassination on a diplomatic trip to create a casus belli. This period was preceded by an era called the "closing curtain," during which the phrase "expel the barbarians" was popularized as part of the formulation of (*) "sonnō" and "jōi." During it, the Sumitomo clan founded the first zaibatsu. In this period, Itagaki Taisuke and Saigō Takamori argued in favor of attacking Korea during the Seikanron debate. Its namesake won the Boshin War, after which he promulgated the five articles of the Charter Oath. For 10 points, name this period of modernization after the restoration of imperial power in Japan.
An opposition leader of the Freedom Party during this period supposedly yelled that he may die, "but liberty never," when he was attacked by right-wing thugs.
The Meiji Restoration [or Meiji Era]