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Posted on March 17, 2011 by prchandler. In 1867/68, the Tokugawa era found an end in the Meiji Restoration. The emperor Meiji was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo which became the new capital; his imperial power was restored.
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 saw Japan end its isolation; it was a time when the once traditional culture began to absorb the modern customs and technologies of Europe and America. In 1867 the entire Tokugawa government collapsed and was swept aside for a new system of Imperial rule.