An another answer. I think it is very useful.
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Originally Posted by caster51
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c. Did Nagasane Motoda (or other traditional trainers in Japan) oppose the policy of using Western Calendar for traditional Festival? How was the Japanese people's attitude at that time (Meji Era) about the changing of calendar
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I think there were many complaint.
in 1889. most of Japanese still celebrated chinese new year except big cities like tokyo.
according to some survey at that time
in 1946, 43.6% of Japanese celebrated today's new year
41.3 was chinese one
15% was both new year
National Foundation Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the Meiji period, when Japan switched from its lunisolar calendar to the Gregorian calendar, the new "official" holiday was proclaimed. Japanese scholars used the Nihonshoki (日本書紀), to derive the exact date, February 11, 660 BC. However, historians have yet to find evidence of either the significance of this date or even the existence of Emperor Jimmu outside of the Nihonshoki.
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Meiji government made 11th FEB approximate as chinese new year as last resort .
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