Meiji

Meiji, the romanization of the Japanese characters 明 ("bright, brilliant, enlightened") 治 ("reign, government"), may refer to:

Japanese emperor and era

• Emperor Meiji, the Emperor of Japan between 1867 and 1912.
  • Meiji period, the name given to that period in Japanese history.
    • Meiji Restoration, the revolution that began the Meiji period.
    • Meiji Constitution, the constitution of the Empire of Japan between 1890 and 1947.
  • Meiji Shrine, the Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife.

Other uses

• Meiji Dairies, a major Japanese dairy company.
• Meiji Mura, an open-air architectural museum near Nagoya, Japan.
• Meiji Seamount, a seamount (underwater mountain) in the northern Pacific Ocean.
• Meiji Seika, a major Japanese confectionery firm.
• Meiji Senmon Gakkou, the former name of the Kyushu Institute of Technology.
• Meiji University, a university in Tokyo.
• Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, a major Japanese life insurance company.

See also

• Meijer, a grocery chain store in the American Midwest
• Měijì, Hanyu Pinyin for the Chinese name of Mischief Reef (美济礁)