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*[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. | *[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. | ||
*[[Obama castle]] is torn down. | *[[Obama castle]] is torn down. | ||
| − | *[[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] comes under the control of the [[ | + | *[[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] comes under the control of the newly established [[Ministry of the Interior]], and no longer comes under the purview of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. |
*Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints". | *Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints". | ||
*[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. | *[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. | ||
Revision as of 20:48, 19 December 2011
Meiji 7 (明治七年)
Timeline of 1874
- 1874/2 Saga Rebellion - Shizoku (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
- 1874/2 The Meiji government decides to send a punitive expedition to Taiwan.
- 1874/5-6 Saigô Tsugumichi leads the Taiwan Expedition of 1874.
- 1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan.
- 1874/5/22 Battle of Stone Gate (Sekimon)
- 1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
- 1874/6 Fighting ends.
- 1874/10 Japan and China sign a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity to Japan.
Other Events of 1874
- Akashi castle is demolished.
- Dragon robes are granted to the Kingdom of Ryûkyû by China for the final time.
- Author and educator William Griffis returns to the United States.
- Hagi castle is torn down.
- Merriman Harris is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan.
- Kabuki actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name Ichikawa Danjûrô IX.
- Kagoshima castle is demolished.
- Artist Kobayashi Kiyochika returns to Tokyo.
- Morioka castle is demolished.
- Obama castle is torn down.
- Ryûkyû han comes under the control of the newly established Ministry of the Interior, and no longer comes under the purview of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first shinbun nishiki-e, or "news prints".
- Tatebayashi castle is destroyed.
- Tsuyama castle is torn down.
- Ueda castle is demolished.
- The Yomiuri Shinbun is founded.
- A series of prints designed by Yoshitoshi and depicting various events in the lives of various Tokugawa shoguns is released, the first print series to legally depict contemporary events & to depict and identify shoguns by name.
Births and Deaths
- 1874/12/18 Saitô Ichidakusai dies.
- Date Yoshikuni, former daimyô of Sendai han, dies.
- Hirama Jûsuke of the Rôshigumi dies.
- Nihonga painter Hishida Shunsô is born (d. 1911).
- Torii Yôzô dies.
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