Difference between revisions of "1868"

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Keiô 4 (慶応四年)/ Meiji 1 (明治元年) (change on 1868/9/8)

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 The government is organized into seven Divisions (ka), with the Division of Rites at the top of the hierarchy.
- 1/3 The Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
- 1/6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu returns to Edo.
1868/2
- 2 The Divisions of the government are replaced with eight Offices (kyoku), with the Office of Rites at the top of the hierarchy.
- 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 is promulgated.
- 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
- int.4 The Offices of the government are dissolved and replaced with Ministries, of which the Ministry of Rites (Jingikan) is supreme.
- int.4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki.
- int.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.

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.
One hundred forty-eight Japanese arrive in Hawaii under contracts as sugar plantation workers, after being shipped out of Yokohama without authorization. Arriving in the first year (gannen) of the Meiji period, they come to be known as gannenmono.
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.

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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 *Currency exchange is undertaken in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]; each copper ''[[currency|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.
-*One hundred forty-eight Japanese arrive in [[Hawaii]] under contracts as sugar plantation workers. Arriving in the first year (''gannen'') of the Meiji period, they come to be known as ''[[gannenmono]]''.
+*One hundred forty-eight Japanese arrive in [[Hawaii]] under contracts as sugar plantation workers, after being shipped out of [[Yokohama]] without authorization. Arriving in the first year (''gannen'') of the Meiji period, they come to be known as ''[[gannenmono]]''.
 *The terms ''[[han]]'' and ''[[shogunate|bakufu]]'' are used in an official context for the first time.
 *[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.