Bunmei Kaika (Civ7)

Bunmei Kaika
Civic of the Modern Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Unique to	Meiji Japanese
Civics
Required	None
Required	None
Leads to	Supreme War Council
Leads to	Supreme War Council
Unlocks
Infrastructure	Jukogyo Dogo Onsen
Policies
Enabled	Fukoku Kyōhei
Enabled	Fukoku Kyōhei
Notes
+50% Production towards constructing Production and Military buildings.

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 "The man I used to meet in the mirror is no more."
– Masaoka Shiki

Bunmei Kaika is a unique civic of the Meiji Japanese civilization in Civilization VII.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

As American gunboats threatened Edo, it was clear that the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate was over. Japan faced an existential threat: adapt to foreign ways or fight. While conservative forces gained some initial ground, the policy of bunmei kaika, or Westernization, became the path forward during the Meiji Restoration. This entailed adopting parliamentary political norms and industrialization as well as seemingly unrelated cultural norms: cutting hair short and eating Western-inspired food such as croquettes, tonkatsu, and pasta. This interrelated mix of politics, cuisine, and aesthetics speaks to the profound level of change that occurred during the Meiji period – the notion was that every aspect of everyday life needed to shift for Japan to achieve equality with foreign powers.

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