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Nomura Fumio was the founder of the [[Meiji period]] newspaper ''[[Marumaru chinbun]]''. ...[1868]], and published an account entitled ''Seiyô kenbunroku'' ("A Record of Personal Observations about the West"), revealing his zeal for "civilizatio

[[File:Inoue-kaoru-okitsu.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Inoue at [[Okitsu]], in [[Shizuoka City]].]] ...880s, before resigning that post in the wake of criticism for his handling of [[Unequal Treaties|treaty revision]] negotiations.

...he [[Meiji period]] consisted primarily of the [[Meiji Emperor]], a series of officials and apparatuses that governed in his name, and the [[National Die ...est governmental body.<ref name=gordon64>Andrew Gordon, ''A Modern History of Japan'', Oxford University Press (2013), 63-64.</ref>

...National Museum]], Ueno Zoo, [[Tokyo University of the Arts]], and Museum of Western Art, among others. ...so be found in the park. Other notable sights in the park include a statue of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] designed by [[Takamura Koun|Takamura Kô

[[Image:Wegriffis.jpg|right|frame|Photograph of W.E.Griffis]] ...A.B. Later he was made an A.M. by his alma mater, and received the degree of D.D. from Union College, and Rutgers made him an L.H.D. in [[1899]].

*''Titles: Governor of [[Okinawa prefecture]] ([[1892]]-[[1908]]); Baron (''[[kazoku|danshaku]]'') ...1908]]. Earlier in his life, he was a high-ranking retainer in the service of [[Satsuma han]], and was a prominent figure in early [[Meiji period]] Okina

...ve or have been rebuilt, along with many of the compound's gates, and much of the foundational stone castle walls. ...Household Ministry]] relocated to the [[Kishu Tokugawa Edo mansion|mansion of the Kishû Tokugawa clan]], just outside the moats, that same day, designat

[[Image:TNM-Honkan.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The second Honkan (Main Building) of the museum, built in 1938 in a Meiji-inspired style.]] ...d first founded as the Tokyo Imperial or Imperial Household Museum, is one of four top-tier national museums in Japan, along with museums located in [[Na

...ls, and governmental structures and legal codes (e.g. the [[Taika Reform]] of [[645]]), were based upon Tang Dynasty models. ...the well-being of the state, and its people, as a whole. Further, the idea of the people as a metaphorical family, with the emperor as their father, was

...; in 1920, Japan was then granted the islands as a "mandate" by the League of Nations in 1920. ...arianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, with the exception of the island of Guam, which was controlled by the United States since [[1898]].

==Timeline of 1879== ===Visit of Ulysses S. Grant to Japan===