{"id":2583,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1868ce-jan-3--2583","name":"1868 CE, January 3","year":1868,"era":"CE","month":1,"day":3,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1868ce-jan-3--2583","iso-date":"1868-01-03","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns of the Edo period who represented over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan and the last era of traditional Japanese society, government and culture but also isolation from western influence, came to an end, on January 3, 1868. when the Meiji Restoration toppled it and restored Imperial rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eThe formal restoration of imperial rule and the end of the the Shogunate era, came about in two distinct steps. First came the formal resignation on November 9, 1867, of the 15th Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu and the relinquishing of his governing powers to the Emperor. This was followed on January 3, 1868, by the by the anti-shogunate forces from the Satsuma and Chōshū domains, seizing of the Kyoto Imperial Palace and abolishing the shogunate title, restoring full imperial power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-03-26T09:50:23-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-16T22:26:23-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"January History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/january"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"January 3","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/january-3"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1868ce-jan-3--2583#eventK365","name":"1868 CE, January 3","headline":"The long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns of the Edo period who represented over 250 years of peace and prosperity... - 1868 CE","description":"The long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns of the Edo period who represented over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan and the last era of traditional Japanese...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1868ce-jan-3--2583","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-03-26T09:50:23-07:00","dateModified":"2026-05-16T22:26:23-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1868-01-03","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/january","name":"What Happened in January History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/january-3#pageK365","name":"What Happened on January 3"}]}}