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* 12/16 Ryukyuan painter [[Higa Seisei]] is born (d. 1939). | * 12/16 Ryukyuan painter [[Higa Seisei]] is born (d. 1939). | ||
*Silk baron [[Hara Sankei]] is born (d. 1939). | *Silk baron [[Hara Sankei]] is born (d. 1939). | ||
| + | *[[Iwai Tatsumi]], 4th [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)]], is born (d. [[1908]]). | ||
*[[Gaikoku bugyo|Foreign Affairs Magistrate]] [[Kawaji Toshiakira]] commits suicide, following the shogunate in its fall. | *[[Gaikoku bugyo|Foreign Affairs Magistrate]] [[Kawaji Toshiakira]] commits suicide, following the shogunate in its fall. | ||
*[[Kawarasaki Gonnosuke IV]] dies (b. [[1814]]). | *[[Kawarasaki Gonnosuke IV]] dies (b. [[1814]]). | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 14 December 2013
Keiô 4 (慶応四年)/ Meiji 1 (明治元年) (change on 1868/9/8)
Timeline of 1868
- Keiô 3/12/9 (3 Jan) Tokugawa Yoshinobu officially steps down as Shogun, and the Imperial Court declares the Restoration of the Monarchy.(Ôsei Fukko)
- 1868/1
- 1/3 The Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
- 1/6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu returns to Edo.
- 1868/2
- 2/15 Sakai Incident
- 2/23 Shogitai occupys Kanei-ji temple.
- 1868/3
- 3/13 The Saigo Takamori-Katsu Kaishu talk.
- 3/14 The Charter Oath
- 3/28 The new government orders Shinbutsu Bunri.
- 1868/4
- The new government bans woodblock prints depicting recent skirmishes and battles with a pro-shogunate bias.
- 4/11 Edo castle surrenders.
- 4/25 120 Japanese migrate to Hawaii.
- 1868/int.4
- 4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki.
- 4/27 The Meiji government releases Seitaisho
- 1868/5
- 5/3 Ouetsu Reppan Domei
- 5/15 The Battle of Ueno
- 5/19 The Battle of Nagaoka
- 1868/7/17 Edo is renamed to Tokyo.
- 1868/8
- 8 The Battle of Aizu
- 8/27 Coronation of Emperor Meiji
- 1868/9/22 Aizu surrenders.
- 1968/10/25 Enomoto Takeaki occupies Goryokaku.
Other Events of 1868
- Photographer Felice Beato publishes his Photographic Views of Japan.
- Currency exchange is undertaken in Ryûkyû; each copper 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 terms han and bakufu are used in an official context for the first time.
- Nagaoka castle is torn down.
- Shirakawa castle is burnt down in battle.
- The Tsukiji Hotel, the first official guesthouse for foreigners constructed by the Meiji government, is completed.
Births and Deaths
- 4/25 Kondo Isami is executed.
- 10/10 Funakoshi Gichin, founder of Shotokan Karate, is born (d. 1957).
- 12/16 Ryukyuan painter Higa Seisei is born (d. 1939).
- Silk baron Hara Sankei is born (d. 1939).
- Iwai Tatsumi, 4th Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan), is born (d. 1908).
- Foreign Affairs Magistrate Kawaji Toshiakira commits suicide, following the shogunate in its fall.
- Kawarasaki Gonnosuke IV dies (b. 1814).
- Kenshitsu, Queen of King Shô Tai of Ryûkyû, dies.
- Nihonga artist Tanaka Raishô is born (d. 1940).
- Painter Yokoyama Taikan is born (d. 1958).
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