1870

Meiji 3 (明治三年)

Timeline of 1870

• 1870/8/11 Atsu-hime moves to Ushigome-toyama from the Kii Tokugawa mansion in Akasaka.

Other Events of 1870

• The Kabunakama are dissolved.
• The kabuki play Keian Taiheiki, based on the events of the 1651 Keian Uprising, debuts.
• 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.

Births and Deaths

• 1870/4/4 Anthropologist Torii Ryûzô is born (d. 1953).
• Ôishi Kuwajirô of the Shinsengumi is executed (b. 1838).

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