After Meiji Reform, farmers still accounted for 85 percent of Japanese population. It was important for Meiji Japan to readjust the relationship between government and rural society and to realize the change from feudal appearance to modern appearance.

• 明治维新后的日本,仍是农业人口占全国人口85%25左右的农业社会,重新调整国家与农村社会的关系,促进封建的统治形态向近代转变,是明治政府的重要任务之一。