Sonnō jōi
Nationalist slogan in 1850s Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sonnō jōi (尊王攘夷, Revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians) was a yojijukugo (four-character compound) phrase used as the rallying cry and slogan of a political movement in Japan in the 1850s and 1860s, during the Bakumatsu period. Based on Neo-Confucianism and Japanese nativism, the movement sought to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and restore the power of the Emperor of Japan.
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Traditional Chinese | 尊王攘夷 | ||||
Simplified Chinese | 尊王攘夷 | ||||
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Kanji | 尊王攘夷 | ||||
Kana | そんのうじょうい | ||||
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