| 1 | From the Meiji era of Japan attached great importance to the development of education. | |
| 2 | From the start of the Meiji period in 1868 Japan' s population rose for about 70 years. | |
| 3 | Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. | |
| 4 | Instead, they 'restored' the emperor to the throne under a new reign- title of 'Meiji' ('brilliant rule' ), and governed in his name. | |
| 5 | But in fact, the nation has produced numerous visionaries, going back to the samurai who put Meiji-period Japan on its march to industrialization in the late 19th century. |