Emperor Meiji

>>1936278
He was first emperor.

>>1936278
He was a figurehead who gave authority to Meiji reforms.

Didn't they later on just pick him as their figurehead when they did a revolt because they wanted to throw out all the xenophobic hyper-militants so that they could do their own hyper-militant-thing

He was a colonist which could be bad or good

>>1936278
Yes to all of the above. While he wasn't THE policy maker he did prove instrumental in a leadership role and keeping Japan on the correct track. His fetish for everything Western did a great deal to help encourage fence-sitting nobles support local merchants and kept Japan from sliding back into another Boshin War by isolating the various samurai factions.

>>1937589
[DESIRE TO KNOW MORE INTENSIFIES]

Also, that sounds like further evidence for the school that Hirohito was a war criminal and colossal fuckup.

>>1936278
None of the Japanese Emperors past the Heian period did shit. All they were were figureheads as opposed to de facto rulers.

The last Japanese emperor who had balls was Emperor Go-Daigo, who by himself enacted the attempted Kemmu Restoration.