During the Meiji Restoration and subsequent modernization of Japan, the Emperor personally promulgated a dualism of Tradition with Modernity. There were no desecration of family tombs, temples, but rather the Meiji Emperor declared that Japan should be externally modern as the West, but internally grounded on Japanese Tradition and Culture.
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“Maple Leaves at New Palace,” artist unknown, December 1888
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“A Mirror of Japanese Nobility” by Toyohara Chikanobu, August 1887
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"Illustration of the Ceremony Promulgating the Constitution,” Artist unknown, 1890
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“Illustration of the Imperial Diet of Japan” by Gotÿ Yoshikage, 1890
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“Illustration of Grand Festival at Yasukuni Shrine” by Shinohara Kiyooki, 1895
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“Illustration of a Military Review” by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1887
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“Observance by His Imperial Majesty of the Military Maneuvers of Combined
Army and Navy Forces” by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1890
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The Union of Japanese Tradition and Western Technology, Japan, 1885