Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration is a unique research, available as a shipment at the Consulate in the Industrial Age in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.

It is available for the Japanese, if they choose the Japanese Isolation option at the Consulate rather than to ally with a European power.

Overview
This shipment is available at the Industrial Age, costs and allows the Japanese to advance to the Imperial Age without having to build a Wonder, and investing 4000 Food and Coin.

While it can be hard to accumulate that much Export, especially if the player is tempted to use it in units or research, such as Bushido Principles, should the player manage to invest in this research at the right time, they can save gigantic amounts of resources and time, as they also free Villagers from building a Wonder, and they will provide themselves with an enormous late game advantage.