Nabeshima Kansou (1814-1871)
company (i.e. business); company (i.e. group of friends)
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
disobeying the emperor's order
currency issued by a feudal clan
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)
(army unit of) conscripted farmers
arbitrary decision; on one's own authority; arbitrariness
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
world fair; international exposition
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
Parkes (Australia); Parks; Parkus
father of one's country; father of the nation
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
enrich the country, strengthen the army (Meiji era government slogan)
military system; military organization; military organisation
exemplar; model; example; pattern