Following the Boshin War and the promulgation of the Five Pointed Charter Oath, his accession led to a namesake era in his country that followed the abolition of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
His death in 1912 marked the beginning of the Taisho period, and although he was born with the name Mutshuhito, he is usually given a name meaning "enlightened rule." Following the Boshin War and the promulgation of the Five Pointed Charter Oath, his accession led to a namesake era in his country that followed the abolition of the Tokugawa Shogunate. For 10 points name this modernizing emperor of Japan who lends his name to a certain "restoration."
His death in 1912 marked the beginning of the Taisho period, and although he was born with the name Mutshuhito, he is usually given a name meaning "enlightened rule."
{Meiji} Emperor [or Meiji the Great; accept {Mutsuhito} before it is read]