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Meiji 17 (明治十七年)

==Timeline of 1884==
*1884/4/17 Groundbreaking is held for the reconstruction of the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]], destroyed in an [[1873]] fire. (Work is completed [[1888]].)
*1884/7 Christian [[Japan Conference]] is held.
*1884/Winter (into 1885) - A mission led by [[Inoue Kaoru]], and accompanied by [[Durham Stevens]], travels to Korea to address attacks on Japanese nationals, including [[Takezoe Shinichiro|Takezoe Shinichirô]], Japanese ambassador to Korea.

==Other Events of 1884==
*[[Felice Beato]] departs Japan for Burma.
*[[Ernest Fenollosa]] forms the ''[[Kangakai]]'' (Art Appreciation Society).
*An agreement is drafted for Japanese immigration to [[Hawaii]].
*The first Japanese consulate in Hawaii is established.
*The [[Jiyuto|Jiyûtô]] ("Freedom Party") is dissolved.
*[[Koga Tatsuhiro|Koga Tatsuhirô]] settles in the [[Senkaku Islands]], and petitions [[Okinawa prefecture]] to have the islands officially declared Japanese territory on account of being previously uninhabited and unclaimed. His petition is not addressed for ten years.
*A number of Japanese fishermen are killed at Lae atoll in the Marshall Islands. A Japanese official mission led by [[Suzuki Keikun]] and [[Goto Taketaro|Gotô Taketarô]] travels there to exact a formal apology from the local chiefs, and claims the islands for Japan; the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] immediately disavows any claim to the islands.
* A law is passed introducing the concept of [[National Treasures]] (''Kokuhô''), under which objects of particular historical and cultural importance could be designated as prohibited to export, and protected in other ways. The first object to be designated a National Treasure was a 7th century statue of [[Miroku]] held at [[Koryu-ji|Kôryû-ji]] in Kyoto.
* [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] is transferred to the Imperial Household's control and becomes a detached Imperial Palace.
*A regular [[steamship]] line linking [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and [[Osaka]] via [[Kagoshima]] is established.
*Durham Stevens is appointed to Tokyo, for service in the Foreign Office.
*[[Takamatsu castle (Sanuki)]] is demolished.
*[[Takamine Jokichi|Takamine Jôkichi]] is among those representing Japan at the [[New Orleans World's Fair]]. There he meets his future wife, and befriends [[Lafcadio Hearn]].
*[[Tamagusuku Yasutaro|Tamagusuku Yasutarô]] invents swimming goggles, called ''miikagan'' in [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]], using wood from the tree heliotrope (''monpa no ki'') for the frames.
*[[Xinjiang]] is incorporated as a [[provinces of China|province]] of the [[Qing Empire]].
* [[Yayoi pottery]] is found in Tokyo.

===Births and Deaths===
*1884/11/28 [[Manabe Akikatsu]] dies (b. [[1804]]).
*[[Satake Yoshitaka (1825-1884)|Satake Yoshitaka]], former daimyô of [[Kubota han]], dies (b. [[1825]]).
*[[Tojo Hideki|Tôjô Hideki]] is born (d. 1948).

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