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==Other Events of 1882==
==Other Events of 1882==
*[[William Sturgis Bigelow]] arrives in Japan.
*[[William Sturgis Bigelow]] arrives in Japan.
*[[M. Iwaya]] begins manufacturing cigarettes in Tokyo, marking the beginning of the shift from ''[[kiseru]]'' (and other smoking pipes) to cigarettes.
*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] returns to Japan for a number of months, and then returns to the US.
*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] returns to Japan for a number of months, and then returns to the US.
*Five Okinawan students - [[Ota Chofu|Ôta Chôfu]], [[Jahana Noboru]], [[Takamine Chokyo|Takamine Chôkyô]], [[Nakijin Choban|Nakijin Chôban]] and [[Kishimoto Gasho|Kishimoto Gashô]] - are sent to [[Tokyo]] as the first prefectural scholarship students.
*Five Okinawan students - [[Ota Chofu|Ôta Chôfu]], [[Jahana Noboru]], [[Takamine Chokyo|Takamine Chôkyô]], [[Nakijin Choban|Nakijin Chôban]] and [[Kishimoto Gasho|Kishimoto Gashô]] - are sent to [[Tokyo]] as the first prefectural scholarship students.
