*[[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô's]] ''[[The Awakening of the East]]'' is published.
*[[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô's]] ''[[The Awakening of the East]]'' is published.
*[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], the final shogun, is named ''[[kazoku|kôshaku]]''.
*[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], the final shogun, is named ''[[kazoku|kôshaku]]''.
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*Western mode of [[age calculation]] is officially adopted, though it won't actually come into regular use for another 50 years, roughly.
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*Western mode of [[age calculation]]<!--満年齢; age counted in full years of life--> is officially adopted, though it won't actually come into regular use for another 50 years, roughly.