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Meiji 14 (明治十四年)

1881/1 Construction begins on the Rokumeikan.
1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China Shishido Tamaki informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the Ryûkyû Islands to be settled.
1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking.
1881/1/26 A fire breaks out in the Ryôgoku neighborhood of Tokyo; it lasts 16 hours, destroying some 10,000 homes, and is the largest fire of the entire Meiji period.
1881/3/4 King David Kalākaua of Hawaiʻi arrives in Yokohama. He becomes the first reigning monarch of a foreign country to visit Japan freely (i.e. not as a prisoner). During his 19-day stay in Japan, he meets with Emperor Meiji, proposes Japanese immigration to Hawaii, and suggests a marriage between Princess Kaiulani and Prince Yamashina Sadamaro (ultimately, the Japanese reject this latter proposition). Nagasaki Seigo serves as Kalakaua's interpreter and is later awarded the Royal Order of Kalākaua.
1881/3/22 Kalākaua departs Nagasaki for Shanghai.

The British Museum obtains the art collection of William Anderson, and appoints him curator.
The Second Domestic Exposition is held.
The General Staff Office of the Imperial Japanese Army, a major public building in Tokyo designed by Giovanni Vincenzo Cappelletti, is completed.
The Gen'yôsha (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded.
The Meiji Emperor declares he will establish a National Diet nine years later.
The Meiji Emperor visits Hokkaidô.
The territory formerly defining Obama han, previously a part of Shiga prefecture, is absorbed into Fukui prefecture.
The ni-no-maru of Kanazawa castle is destroyed by fire.
Ômura Shigenobu founds the Progressive Party (Kaishintô).
Prince Albert and his younger brother Prince George visit Japan.
The first Western-style songbook is published in Japan; it contains the original adaptation of "Auld Lang Syne" into Hotaru no hikari.
The Tokyo National Museum opens in its current location, organized around a two-story brick building designed by Josiah Conder.
Uesugi Mochinori succeeds Nabeshima Naoyoshi as Governor of Okinawa Prefecture.

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 *1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China [[Shishido Tamaki]]<!--宍戸璣--> informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] to be settled.
 *1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking.
-*1881/1/26 A fire breaks out in the Ryôgoku neighborhood of [[Tokyo]]; it is the largest fire of the entire [[Meiji period]].
+*1881/1/26 A fire breaks out in the Ryôgoku neighborhood of [[Tokyo]]; it lasts 16 hours, destroying some 10,000 homes, and is the largest fire of the entire [[Meiji period]].
 *1881/3/4 King [[David Kalakaua|David Kalākaua]] of [[Hawaii|Hawaiʻi]] arrives in [[Yokohama]]. He becomes the first reigning monarch of a foreign country to visit Japan freely (i.e. not as a prisoner). During his 19-day stay in Japan, he meets with [[Emperor Meiji]], proposes Japanese immigration to Hawaii, and suggests a marriage between [[Princess Kaiulani]] and [[Prince Yamashina Sadamaro]] (ultimately, the Japanese reject this latter proposition). [[Nagasaki Seigo]] serves as Kalakaua's interpreter and is later awarded the Royal Order of Kalākaua.
 *1881/3/22 Kalākaua departs [[Nagasaki]] for [[Shanghai]].