This period's government was set up in the Charter Oath, and its reforms included banning samurai from carrying swords in public.
During this period, a breakaway republic was set up on the island of Ezo and defeated at the Battle of Hakodate. The Ouetsu Reppan Domei [OH-wet-sue rep-PAAN dough-MAY] was formed from supporters of the Aizu [EYE-ZOO] during this period, following the end of the(*) Boshin War. This period's government was set up in the Charter Oath, and its reforms included banning samurai from carrying swords in public. For 10 points, name this period of government that, after the Tokugawa Shogunate, rapidly modernized Japan under a namesake emperor.
During this period, a breakaway republic was set up on the island of Ezo and defeated at the Battle of Hakodate.
{Meiji} Period [or {Meiji} Restoration, or {Meiji} Government, or {Meiji} Ishin]