Meiji Jidai Nenpyou is a wonderful site listing historic events of the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Highly recommended!

JPN | Meiji Period | 12/21/2007 | Info | Review

Introduction to Japan during the Meiji and Taisho Periods. Text from Japan A History in Art, a highly recommended book by Bradley Smith.

ENG | Meiji Period | 04/23/2008 | Info | Review

Alphabetical list of people who influenced Japan during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) and lived in the country for at least three months. Many listings feature a short curriculum vitae, a photo and info about their stay in Japan. Highly recommended. The site als has an Alphabetical list of Meiji Period companies.

ENG, GER, JPN | Meiji Period | 11/23/2010 | Info | Review

An incredibly beautiful site about the history of the Meiji and Taisho periods in Japan. Highly recommended.

JPN | Meiji Period | 08/09/2007 | Info | Review

This essay analyzes the representation of Japan and “Japaneseness” in Biograph’s The Hero of Liao-Yang (September, 1904), an early narrative film released in the midst of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5).

ENG | Meiji Period | 02/06/2008 | Info | Review

A study of foreign cemeteries in Japan. Contains one list of names in English.

JPN | Meiji Period | 04/19/2008 | Info | Review

This article delves into the end of a 1,200-year-old ban on the eating of meat, during the Meiji Period. (pdf file)

ENG, JPN | Meiji Period | 12/21/2008 | Info | Review

Excellent paper on the role of the Emperor in Meiji Japan.

ENG | Meiji Period | 07/24/2005 | Info | Review

Downloadable books about social life and customs in Japan during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) on the Internet Archive.

ENG | Meiji Period | 04/29/2008 | Info | Review

Site featuring a large number of photos, many of them vintage photographs of Japan dating back to the Meiji Period.

JPN | Meiji Period | 02/12/2008 | Info | Review