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==Other Events of 1871==
==Other Events of 1871==
*The government bans the [[Ainu]] custom of burning one's house after the death of an occupant (a family member).
*The government bans the [[Ainu]] custom of burning one's house after the death of an occupant (a family member).
*The brothels of [[Fukagawa]] and [[Shin-Shimabara]] are forced to move into the [[Yoshiwara]].
*A branch office of the [[Foreign Ministry]] is established in Okinawa.
*A branch office of the [[Foreign Ministry]] is established in Okinawa.
*The ''[[hinin]]'', ''[[eta]]'', and other outcast classes are officially abolished.
*The [[Iwakura Mission]] departs Japan for the United States.
*The [[Iwakura Mission]] departs Japan for the United States.
*[[Maebashi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Maebashi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Naegi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Naegi castle]] is torn down.
*Police force formed.
*Police force formed.
*The shogunate school [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôhei-kô]] is closed.
*Sino-Japanese commercial treaty is signed, in which both countries agree to respect the territorial integrity of the other.
*Sino-Japanese commercial treaty is signed, in which both countries agree to respect the territorial integrity of the other.
*[[Taiwan Incident of 1871]] - a [[tribute]] ship from the [[Miyako Islands]] bound home from [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] is shipwrecked in Taiwan. Fifty-four Ryukyuans are killed by Taiwanese aborigines.
*[[Taiwan Incident of 1871]] - a [[tribute]] ship from the [[Miyako Islands]] bound home from [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] is shipwrecked in Taiwan. Fifty-four Ryukyuans are killed by Taiwanese aborigines.
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