Meiji

Template:Wiktionary Meiji, the romanization of the Japanese characters 明治, may refer to:

Japanese history

• Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan between 1867 and 1912
  • Meiji era, 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, a Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife

Other uses

• Meiji Holdings, a Japanese food and pharmaceutical holding company
  • Meiji Co., a Japanese food company
  • Meiji Seika Pharma, a Japanese pharmaceutical company
• Meiji-mura, an open-air architectural museum near Nagoya, Japan
• Meiji Seamount, a seamount (underwater mountain) in the northern Pacific Ocean
• Meiji Senmon Gakkou, the former name of the Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Meiji University, a university in Tokyo, Japan
• Meiji Yasuda Life, a 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)
• Meij (disambiguation)
• Meji, Indian ceremonial bonfire