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| ==Timeline of 1870== | | ==Timeline of 1870== |
− | *1870/8/11 [[Atsu-hime]] moves to Ushigome-toyama from the Kii Tokugawa mansion in [[Akasaka]]. | + | *1870/1/5 The [[Meiji government]] outlaws tooth blackening (''[[haguro]]'') and the courtier custom of painted eyebrows. |
| + | *1870/3/3 Construction is begun on a [[railroad]] linking Tokyo and Yokohama. |
| + | *1870/7 Japan and Hawaii agree to a [[Hawaiian-Japanese Treaty of Amity & Commerce]]. |
| + | *1870/8/11 [[Atsu-hime]] moves to Ushigome-toyama from the [[Kishu Tokugawa Edo mansion|Kii Tokugawa mansion]] in [[Akasaka]]. |
| + | *1870/12 or 1871/1 (Feb 1871) [[Mori Arinori]] arrives in DC as ''chargé d'affaires'' for Japan in the US. |
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| ==Other Events of 1870== | | ==Other Events of 1870== |
| + | *Commoners are permitted to officially take on surnames; hereditary determination & other restrictions on occupation and residence are abolished. |
| + | *Foreign wives and children are permitted to take up residence in the [[treaty ports]]. |
| *The ''[[Kabunakama]]'' are dissolved. | | *The ''[[Kabunakama]]'' are dissolved. |
| *The [[kabuki]] play ''[[Keian Taiheiki]]'', based on the events of the [[1651]] [[Keian Uprising]], debuts. | | *The [[kabuki]] play ''[[Keian Taiheiki]]'', based on the events of the [[1651]] [[Keian Uprising]], debuts. |
| + | *[[Kusakabe Taro|Kusakabe Tarô]] (Rutgers) and [[Niijima Jo]] (Amherst) become the first Japanese to graduate from US colleges. |
| *Many of the buildings at [[Marugame castle]] are destroyed by the Meiji government. | | *Many of the buildings at [[Marugame castle]] are destroyed by the Meiji government. |
| *[[William Griffis]] is invited by [[Matsudaira Shungaku]] to come teach physical science in Japan. He establishes a school on the American model in [[Fukui prefecture]] and remains there for a year. | | *[[William Griffis]] is invited by [[Matsudaira Shungaku]] to come teach physical science in Japan. He establishes a school on the American model in [[Fukui prefecture]] and remains there for a year. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *1870/4/4 Anthropologist [[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] is born (d. 1953). |
| + | *[[Nishida Kitaro|Nishida Kitarô]] is born (d. 1945). |
| *[[Oishi Kuwajiro|Ôishi Kuwajirô]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is executed (b. [[1838]]). | | *[[Oishi Kuwajiro|Ôishi Kuwajirô]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is executed (b. [[1838]]). |
− | *Anthropologist [[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] is born (d. 1953).
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