Feudalism National isolation Westernization and modernization Restoration of imperial rule Hegemony Monarchy Excavation Colony Industrial Revolution Stone Age Relocation of the capital Japanese missions to Sui China Overthrowing one's superiors Abolition of domains and establishment of prefectures Crusades Taika Reform Great Migration Enrich the country and strengthen the military Tumulus Renaissance
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廃藩置県
A major administrative reform in 1871 that replaced feudal domains with prefectures. This centralized political power under the imperial government.
Examples in context
廃藩置県により中央集権化が進んだ。
Centralization progressed due to the abolition of the domains.
政府は廃藩置県を断行して統治を強めた。
The government carried out the abolition of domains to strengthen rule.
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