Meiji Restoration ("Lies" by the Thompson Twins)
March 16, 2022
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as posted by the channelMusical parody about the Meiji period of Japanese history. Featuring period artwork by: Toshimasa, Toyohara Chikanobu, Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu, Utagawa Hiroshiga III, Utagawa Yoshitora, Goto Yoshikage.
Original classic Thompson Twins video
LYRICS
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Last shogun of Japan
Was ousted by a martial coup
Meiji period began
“Rich country, strong army”
They carried out their plan
To emulate the Western world
Revolutionize the land
Modernize, yeah
Industrialize, yeah
Urbanize, yeah
Westernize, yeah
Spelled out in the “Charter Oath”
We need “Enlightened Rule”
A standard dialect for all
And national public school
From Kyoto to Edo
New “Eastern capitol”
But now we call it Tokyo
Became an urban sprawl
Modernize, yeah
Centralize, yeah
Urbanize, yeah
Westernize, yeah
Mutsuhito
To end feudalism
Called for some big reforms
Crushed a samurai rebellion
Conscription the new norm
“Kuni no tame” (for the sake of country)
Transform society
Power with Imperial Rule
No one’s colony...just wait and see...Meiji
Modernize, yeah (the Restoration)
Modernize, yeah (urbanization)
Modernize, yeah (industrialization)
Modernize, yeah
Mutsuhito
Modernize, yeah
Centralize, yeah
Urbanize, yeah
Westernize, yeah
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