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| *1862/3 [[Kabuki]] play "[[Benten Kozo|Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e]]" premieres at the [[Ichimura-za]] in [[Edo]]. | | *1862/3 [[Kabuki]] play "[[Benten Kozo|Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e]]" premieres at the [[Ichimura-za]] in [[Edo]]. |
| *1862/3 [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]] leaves Japan for the final time. | | *1862/3 [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]] leaves Japan for the final time. |
| + | *1862/3 (April) The first official [[Tokugawa shogunate]] mission to Europe, led by [[Takeuchi Yasunori]], meets with Napoleon III in Paris. |
| *1862/4/23 [[Teradaya Incident]] - meeting of pro-Imperial rebels is broken up as a fight breaks out at the Teradaya in [[Fushimi]], near Kyoto. | | *1862/4/23 [[Teradaya Incident]] - meeting of pro-Imperial rebels is broken up as a fight breaks out at the Teradaya in [[Fushimi]], near Kyoto. |
| *1862/5 Central repository of ''[[han]]'' books is moved to [[Kanda]] and renamed as repository of Western books. Photography archives are established in [[Yokohama]] and Shimooka-renjô. | | *1862/5 Central repository of ''[[han]]'' books is moved to [[Kanda]] and renamed as repository of Western books. Photography archives are established in [[Yokohama]] and Shimooka-renjô. |
| + | *1862/5/9 Takeuchi Yasunori and British Foreign Secretary Earl Russell sign the [[London Protocol]] in London. |
| *1862/8/21 [[Namamugi Incident]] - An Englishman is killed in Yokohama by a number of samurai of [[Satsuma han]]. | | *1862/8/21 [[Namamugi Incident]] - An Englishman is killed in Yokohama by a number of samurai of [[Satsuma han]]. |
| *1862/int.8 [[Matsudaira Katamori]] is named ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]''. | | *1862/int.8 [[Matsudaira Katamori]] is named ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]''. |
| + | *1862/int.8 The shogunate relaxes ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations, and there is an exodus of samurai from the city. |
| *1862/9 [[Tsushima han]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] enter into an alliance. | | *1862/9 [[Tsushima han]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] enter into an alliance. |
| *1862/10 [[Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt]], French minister in Edo, sends a warship to Ryûkyû to inquire whether the kingdom would still recognize the [[1855]] [[Treaty of Amity (France-Ryukyu)|Treaty of Amity]] signed between the two countries, despite recent tensions and the change in [[Satsuma han]] leadership. Ryûkyû officials say they will. | | *1862/10 [[Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt]], French minister in Edo, sends a warship to Ryûkyû to inquire whether the kingdom would still recognize the [[1855]] [[Treaty of Amity (France-Ryukyu)|Treaty of Amity]] signed between the two countries, despite recent tensions and the change in [[Satsuma han]] leadership. Ryûkyû officials say they will. |
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| *[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] flees [[Tosa han|Tosa]], joins up with pro-''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' rebel groups in [[Edo]]; seeks to assassinate [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], ends up becoming one of Katsu's disciples instead. | | *[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] flees [[Tosa han|Tosa]], joins up with pro-''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' rebel groups in [[Edo]]; seeks to assassinate [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], ends up becoming one of Katsu's disciples instead. |
| *[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity. | | *[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity. |
− | *The shogunate relaxes ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations, and there is an exodus of samurai from the city.
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| *Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement. | | *Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement. |
| *[[Satsuma han]] begins pressuring the shogunate to allow free trade with the West, in Ryûkyû. | | *[[Satsuma han]] begins pressuring the shogunate to allow free trade with the West, in Ryûkyû. |