Under the rule of this movement's symbolic head, its country defeated China in a war that ended with the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
This movement called education reform "urgent business," and students were made to recite a rescript while kneeling. Prior to this movement, federal taxes were paid in rice. Under the rule of this movement's symbolic head, its country defeated China in a war that ended with the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Saigo Takamori led an armed resistance against this movement from Satsuma. "Evil customs of the past" were to be abandoned as part of this movement's Charter Oath, and the country it affected defeated Russia in a 1904-1905 conflict. For 10 points, name this movement that modernized Japan and returned power to its namesake emperor from the Tokugawa clan.
This movement called education reform "urgent business," and students were made to recite a rescript while kneeling.
Meiji Restoration [or Meiji period; or Meiji Ishin]