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Conscription Law and Army Modernization (1873–1890s)

Conscription Law and Army Modernization (1873–1890s)

  1. Imperial Guard created as centralized elite force

    Labels: Imperial Guard, Meiji government

  2. Second French military mission arrives to advise army

    Labels: French military, Imperial Japanese

  4. Blood tax riots erupt against conscription

    Labels: Blood Tax

  5. Taiwan Expedition tests modernized expeditionary capability

    Labels: Taiwan Expedition, Imperial Japanese

  6. Haitō Edict bans sword-carrying in public

    Labels: Hait Edict, Meiji government

  7. Satsuma Rebellion begins, challenging conscript state

    Labels: Satsuma Rebellion, Saig Takamori

  8. Satsuma Rebellion ends with imperial victory

    Labels: Satsuma Rebellion, Imperial forces

  9. Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office established

    Labels: Army General, Imperial Japanese

  10. Army War College founded to professionalize staff officers

    Labels: Army War, Rikugun Daigakk

  11. Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors issued

    Labels: Imperial Rescript, Emperor Meiji

  12. Jakob Meckel advises Japan on Prussian-style reforms

    Labels: Jakob Meckel, Prussian model

  13. Cabinet system established, reshaping civil-military governance

    Labels: Cabinet system, Meiji government

  14. Conscription system revised to reduce exemptions

    Labels: Conscription revision, Imperial Japan

  15. Meiji Constitution promulgated, codifying imperial command

    Labels: Meiji Constitution, Emperor