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Japan’s First Railways: Technology, Time and State Power
When
1872–1907 CE
Meiji Period
Where
Japan
Japan today
The line to Yokohama offered a journey measured in minutes. Making it work required imported equipment, Japanese skills, public money and new rules beside the tracks.
The emperor moved into the shogun’s city. Old compounds, new offices, a railway terminus and the rebuilding of Ginza changed how that city worked—and for whom.
The Meiji Restoration of 1868: How Power Changed Hands
When
1853–1877 CE
Late Edo Period
Where
Japan
Japan today
A new government claimed to restore the emperor. To turn that claim into power, its leaders had to win a war, dismantle domain rule and rebuild the state.
