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==Timeline of 1870== | ==Timeline of 1870== | ||
| + | *1870/1/5 The [[Meiji government]] outlaws tooth blackening (''[[haguro]]'') and the courtier custom of painted eyebrows. | ||
*1870/8/11 [[Atsu-hime]] moves to Ushigome-toyama from the Kii Tokugawa mansion in [[Akasaka]]. | *1870/8/11 [[Atsu-hime]] moves to Ushigome-toyama from the Kii Tokugawa mansion in [[Akasaka]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:59, 4 February 2011
Meiji 3 (明治三年)
Timeline of 1870
- 1870/1/5 The Meiji government outlaws tooth blackening (haguro) and the courtier custom of painted eyebrows.
- 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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