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Bakumatsu

Bakumatsu proper noun: the final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government.

Proper noun

Bakumatsu

  1. (historical) The final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government.

Origin of Bakumatsu

Borrowed from Japanese 幕末 (bakumatsu), literally "end of the curtain". The "curtain", 幕 (baku), is from Japanese 幕府 (bakufu), originally referring to a military encampment for a commander, and then extended to the Shogunate's government.

Questions about Bakumatsu

What does Bakumatsu mean?
Bakumatsu means the final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government.
What part of speech is Bakumatsu?
Bakumatsu is a proper noun.

Words near Bakumatsu in the dictionary

  1. BakuDeku
  2. bakufu
  3. bakufus
  4. bakula
  5. bakulas
  6. Bakumatsu
  7. Bakun
  8. Bakuninian
  9. Bakuninism
  10. Bakuninist
  11. Bakuninists

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