Era name (
年号) of Emperor Mutsuhito, 1868-1912, taken from the Yijing line
圣人南面而听天下，
向明而治 ('the sage faces south, governs by listening to the world, turning toward the light'). The defining period of Japanese modernization (
明治维新 Meiji Restoration) — abolition of the shogunate, Western-style military, constitution, victory in the Russo-Japanese War.
