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==Other Events of 1868==
 
==Other Events of 1868==
 
*Photographer [[Felice Beato]] publishes his ''[[Photographic Views of Japan]]''.
 
*Photographer [[Felice Beato]] publishes his ''[[Photographic Views of Japan]]''.
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*Currency exchange is undertaken in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]; each copper ''[[currency|mon]]'' is replaced with 32 iron ''mon'', causing a sudden and dramatic rise in prices.
 
*The end of the shogunate brings with it a massive exodus from [[Edo]]; the city's population does not recover to 1868 levels until around 1890.
 
*The end of the shogunate brings with it a massive exodus from [[Edo]]; the city's population does not recover to 1868 levels until around 1890.
 
*The terms ''[[han]]'' and ''[[shogunate|bakufu]]'' are used in an official context for the first time.
 
*The terms ''[[han]]'' and ''[[shogunate|bakufu]]'' are used in an official context for the first time.
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