Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.
家名を嵯峨と改姓したのは明治3年でした。
It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.
明治は5対3のスコアで慶応に敗れた。
Meiji was beaten by Keio by a score of three to five.
彼は明治維新からとき起こした。
He began his lecture with the Meiji Restoration.
私たちの学校は明治20年に開校した。
Our school was founded in the 20th year of Meiji.
その法律は明治時代に制定された。
The law was enacted in the Meiji era.
その物語の舞台は明治末期の日本である。
The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.
I've always thought that rickshaws and sukiyaki were the most successful amongst the products made from what was imported from the West during the Meiji period.