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[[Fasciculus:Meiji Full Beard 1909.jpg|thumb|200px|'''Meidius''']]
</ref> ''' ImperatorMutsuhito''', imperator Meidius''' ''Meiji''''' post <ref>{{Fontesmortem desiderati}}</ref>appellatus ([[Lingua Iaponica|Iaponice]]: 明治天皇, 睦仁, [[3 Novembris]] [[1852]]―[[30 Iulii]] [[1912]] ,; r.imperavit [[1867]]―1912) fuit centensimus vicensimus secundus [[imperator]] [[Iaponia]]e. ▼'''Mutuhitus,'''."<ref name="nyt1912">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E3DB1F3CE633A25750C1A9669D946396D6CF&scp=8&sq=order+of+meiji&st=p "The Funeral Ceremonies of Meiji Tenno" reprinted from the ''Japan Advertiser'' [Article 8--No Title],] ''New York Times.'' 13 October 1912.
▲</ref> '''Imperator Meidius''' <ref>{{Fontes desiderati}}</ref> ([[Lingua Iaponica|Iaponice]]: 明治天皇, 睦仁, [[3 Novembris]] [[1852]]―[[30 Iulii]] [[1912]], r. [[1867]]―1912) fuit centensimus vicensimus secundus [[imperator]] [[Iaponia]]e.
<!---was the 122nd Emperor of Japan. At the time of his birth in 1852, Japan was an isolated, pre-industrial, feudal country dominated by the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Daimyo, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains. By the time of his death in 1912, Japan had undergone a political, social, and industrial revolution at home (See Meiji Restoration.) and emerged as one of the great powers on the world stage.
Imperator Meidius was the surviving son of the Emperor Komei by the lady-in-waiting Nakaiama Iosico ([[1834]] ― [[1907]]), the daughter of Lord Nakaiama Tadaiasus, sometime minister laevus (''sadaijin'') and a scion of the Fujiwara. He was born eight months before the arrival of Commodore Matthaeus Calbraith Perry and the United States squadron of "black ships" in Edo Bay and two years before the first of the so-called unequal treaties which the Tokugawa shogunate signed with Perry. Originally titled ''Sachi no miya'' (Prince Sachi), the future emperor spent most of his childhood at the Nakayama household in Kyoto, as it was customary to entrust the upbring of imperial children to prominent court families.
He was formally adopted by ''Asako Nyôgô'' (later imperatrix Dowager Eishô), the principal consort of imperator Kômei, on [[11 Iulii]] 1860. He also received the personal name Mutsuhito, the rank of shinnô (imperial prince, and thus a potential successor to the throne) and the title of Kotaishi (Crown Prince) on the same day. Crown Prince Mutsuhito ascended to the throne on 3 February 1867 at the age of fifteen, taking the title of Meiji, or “enlightened ruler”.
On [[2 Septembris]] [[1867]], the Emperor Meiji married Lady Haruko ([[28 Maii]] [[1849]] ― [[19 Aprilis]] [[1914]]), the filia 3 Lord Itidio Tadaca ('''一条忠香'''), sometime minister laevus (''sadaijin'')). Known posthumously as Empress Shoken, she was the first imperial consort to receive the title of kogo (literally, the emperor's wife, translated as Empress consort), in several hundred years. Although she was the first Japanese empress to play a public role, she bore no children. Emperor Meiji had 15 children by five official ladies-in-waiting. Only five of his children, a prince nata ad Domina Naruco ([[1855]] ― [[1943]]), filia Ianagivarae Mitunarus, et four princesses nata ad Domina Satico (1867 ― 1947), the eldest daugther of Count Sono Motosachi, lived to adulthood. They were:
* Princeps coronae Iosihitus ([[Taisionius]] imperator ''Haru no miya Yoshihito Shinnō''), filius 3, ([[31 Augusti]] [[1879]] ― [[25 Decembris]] [[1926]]).
* Principissa Tunea Masaco (''Tsune no miya Masako Naishinnô''), filia 6, ([[30 Septembris]] [[1888]] ― [[8 Martii]] [[1940]]), titled ''Tsune no miya'' (Princess Tsune) until marriage; m. at Imperial Palace, Tokyo, 30 April 1908 Prince Takeda Tsunehisa (Takeda no miya Tsunehisa ô, 22 September [[1882]] － [[23 Aprilis]] [[1919]]), and had issue.
* Princess Canea Fusaco (''Kane no miya Fusako Naishinnô''), fila 7, ([[28 Ianuarii]] [[1890]] － [[11 Augusti]] [[1974]]), titled Kane no miya (Princess Kane) until marriage; m. at Palatium Imperiale, Tokyo [[29 Aprilis]] [[1909]] Princeps Kitasiracava Naruhisa (''Kitashirakawa no miya Naruhisa ô'', [[1 Aprilis]] [[1887]] － [[2 Aprilis]] [[1923]]), and had issue.
* Princess Fumia Nobuco (''Fami no miya Nobuko Naishinnô''), filia 8, (7 Augusti 1891 － 3 November 1933); titled Principissa Fumia (''Fumi no miya'') until marriage; m. at Imperial Palace, Tokyo [[6 Maii]] 1909 Prince Asaka Yasuhiko (Asaka no miya Yasuhiko ô, 2 Octobris 1887―13 April 1981), and had issue.
* Princess Toshiko (''Yasu no miya Toshiko Naishinnô''), filia 9, ([[11 Maii]] [[1896]] ― [[5 Martii]] [[1978]]); titled ''Yasu no miya'' (Principissa Iasua) until marriage; m. at Palatium Imperiale, Tokyo [[18 Maii]] [[1915]] Princeps Higasikunius Naruhikus (''Higashikuni no miya Naruhiko ô'', [[3 Decembris]] [[1887]] ― [[20 Ianuarii]] [[1990]]), et had issue.
The Meiji Emperor was the symbolic leader of the Meiji Restoration, in which the Tokugawa shogunate was abolished by Imperial forces following the Boshin War. The Charter Oath, a five-point statement of the nature of the new government abolished feudalism and proclaimed a modern democratic government for Japan. Although a parliament was formed, it had no real power, and neither did Meiji. Power had passed from the Tokugawa into the hands of the Daimyo who had led the Restoration. Japan was thus controlled by an oligarchy, which comprised the most powerful men of the military, political, and economic spheres. Meiji, if nothing else, showed greater political longevity than his recent predecessors, as he was the first Japanese monarch to remain on the throne past the age of 50 since the abdication of Emperor Ogimachi in 1586.
The Meiji Restoration is a source of pride for the Japanese, as it and the accompanying industrialization allowed Japan to become the preeminent power in the Pacific Ocean and a major player in the world within a generation. On the other hand, it is a source of shame, as it was the beginning of Japan's imperialism in the Pacific and prepared the nation to join the Roma―Berolinensis Axis in the 1930.
Meiji's role in the Restoration is debatable. He certainly did not control Japan, but how much influence he wielded is unknown. It is unlikely it will ever be clear whether he supported the [[Bellum Sino-Iaponicum]] (1894-1895) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). One of the few windows we have into Meiji's own feelings is his poetry, which seems to indicate a pacifist streak, or at least a man that wished war could be avoided.--->
== Notae ==
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== Vide etiam ==
* [http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/ Templum Meidium (Anglice)]
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