Difference between revisions of "1871"

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Meiji 4 (明治四年)

1871/5/14 The government promulgates a decree stating that Shinto shrines offer the rites of the State.
1871/8/29 Abolition of the han
1871/11 Emperor Meiji is photographed for the first time, during an imperial visit to the Yokosuka Naval Yard.

The government bans the Ainu custom of burning one's house after the death of an occupant (a family member).
The brothels of Fukagawa and Shin-Shimabara are forced to move into the Yoshiwara.
A branch office of the Foreign Ministry is established in Okinawa.
The hinin, eta, and other outcast classes are officially abolished.
The Iwakura Mission departs Japan for the United States.
Maebashi castle is torn down.
Naegi castle is torn down.
Police force formed.
The shogunate school Shôhei-kô is closed.
Sino-Japanese commercial treaty is signed, in which both countries agree to respect the territorial integrity of the other.
Taiwan Incident of 1871 - a tribute ship from the Miyako Islands bound home from Okinawa is shipwrecked in Taiwan. Fifty-four Ryukyuans are killed by Taiwanese aborigines.

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 *Police force formed.
 *The shogunate school [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôhei-kô]] is closed.
-*Sino-Japanese commercial treaty is signed, in which both countries agree to respect the territorial integrity of the other.
+*[[Sino-Japanese Friendship Treaty|Sino-Japanese commercial treaty]] is signed, in which both countries agree to respect the territorial integrity of the other.
 *[[Taiwan Incident of 1871]] - a [[tribute]] ship from the [[Miyako Islands]] bound home from [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] is shipwrecked in Taiwan. Fifty-four Ryukyuans are killed by Taiwanese aborigines.