Back Abolició del sistema han Catalan Abschaffung der Han German Abolición del sistema han Spanish لغو سیستم هان Persian Abolition du système han French ביטול שיטת ההאן HE Penghapusan sistem domain ID Abolizione del sistema han Italian 廃藩置県 Japanese 폐번치현 Korean
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The abolition of the han system (廃藩置県, haihan-chiken) in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period. Under the reform, all daimyos (大名, daimyō, feudal lords) were required to return their authority to the Emperor Meiji and his house. The process was accomplished in several stages, resulting in a new centralized government of Meiji Japan and the replacement of the old feudal system with a new oligarchy.