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Sonnō jōi
Sonnō jōi, meaning revere the emperor, expel the barbarians, was a political slogan of the late Tokugawa period. It united opposition to the shogunate's concessions to Western powers. Accounts of the Tokugawa Shogunate treat the movement as a force behind the overthrow of the shogunate.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sonnō jōi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sonno-joi
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- “Sonnō jōi.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sonno-joi. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Sonnō jōi.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sonno-joi.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sonnō jōi’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sonno-joi (Accessed: ).
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