Mutsuhito

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Mu·tsu·hi·to

(mo͞o′tso͞o-hē′tō) Imperial name Mei·ji (mā′jē′) 1852-1912.

Emperor of Japan (1867-1912) who presided over the transformation of feudal Japan into a modern constitutional state.

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Mutsuhito

(ˌmuːtsʊˈhiːtəʊ)

(Biography) See Meiji

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Mu•tsu•hi•to

(ˈmu tsʊˈhi tɔ)

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1852–1912, emperor of Japan 1867–1912.

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Noun 1. [画像:Mutsuhito - emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912)]Mutsuhito - emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912)

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