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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.

*1881/1/5 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.

*1881/1/20 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.

*1881/3/4 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]].

*1881/3/22 Kalākaua departs [[Nagasaki]] for [[Shanghai]].