幕末維新 ばくまついしん Meanings Noun closing years of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration (1850s-1860s); Bakumatsu and Meiji Restoration See also: 幕末 (ばくまつ). Kanji 幕 shogunate. Read as バク. 末 end. Read as マツ. 維 maintain 新 new. Read as シン. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists