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The Meiji Reforms and Obstacles for Women
Japan, 1878-1927

When the Meiji-Taisho era (1868-1926) began, Japanese leaders were open to new ideas.

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Responding to this more liberal environment, male and female reformers created the “Popular Rights Movement” which called for new rights and freedoms. Most of the women in the movement became known as Japan’s “first wave” feminists.

They set out to identify the ways in which women were oppressed, and to ask for legislation to ensure women’s rights. They also challenged the restrictions of the traditional family structure.

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Although the reformers saw that it was important to improve the status of women, they often did so motivated mainly by feeling that this was essential if other technologically advanced nations were to accept Japan. At the same time, they were reluctant to alter the traditional role of women which had prevailed in the past.

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