Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan (1868–1947).
This category collects all articles on Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration in 1868, through World War I and Japan in World War II, to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.
The Meiji period (1868−1912), Taishō period (1912−1926), and first two decades of the Shōwa period (1926−1945) occurred during the empire's era.

Preceded by: Edo period 1603−1868	History of Japan Empire of Japan 1868−1947	Succeeded by: Postwar Japan 1945/47−present