I've been researching into the Meiji Restoration recently out of curiosity from some shows I've watched, but I'm just surprised at how fast they were able to modernise, and actually in a sense, 'catch up the western powers.'

How did it all happen so quickly, and how come everyone just agreed to live that lifestyle even though a few decades prior it was just war-torn.

If any of the things I've said is inaccurate please correct me aha