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The 192 pages that link to Meiji Restoration, each with the reason it gives.

• Edo periodCompared with: It marks the political break conventionally used to end the Edo period.

• Tokugawa IeyasuCompared with: It ended the dynasty’s rule and dismantled the political settlement Ieyasu began.

• Sengoku periodCompared with: It ended the centralized warrior order that followed Sengoku unification.

• Self-Strengthening MovementCompared with: Japan’s more comprehensive state transformation offers a contrast to Qing reform’s narrower institutional scope.

• Li HongzhangCompared with: Japan’s rapid state-building provides a contrast to the fragmented Qing reforms Li championed.

• Sankin-kōtaiCompared with: It abolished the political order and domain institutions that sustained alternate attendance.

• Isma'il PashaCompared with: Both governments pursued rapid modernization, but Japan avoided Egypt’s loss of fiscal and political autonomy.

• The Great Wave off KanagawaCompared with: It marks the political transition after the Edo-era context in which the print was published.

• Heungseon DaewongunCompared with: Japan’s opening and state-building offered a regional alternative to Daewongun’s defensive approach.

• Kenmu RestorationCompared with: Its lasting institutional changes contrast with Kenmu’s rapid collapse and renewed shogunal rule.

• Gabo ReformCompared with: It offered a regional model of state-led change, but unfolded under different conditions of sovereignty.

• Genkō WarCompared with: It was another overthrow of shogunal government, under very different conditions.

• ReactionaryCompared with: Despite its name, it joined restoration rhetoric to sweeping changes rather than simple return.