contributor
26,978
edits
Changes
→Timeline of 1871
==Timeline of 1871==
==Timeline of 1871==
*1870/12 or 1871/1 (Feb 1871) [[Mori Arinori]] arrives in DC as ''chargé d'affaires'' for Japan in the US.
*1871/1/9 [[Hirosawa Saneomi]] is assassinated.
*1871/1/9 [[Hirosawa Saneomi]] is assassinated.
*1871/1/24 Postal service between Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka.
*1871/1/24 Postal service between Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka.
*1871/5/10 [[The New Currency Act]].
*1871/5/10 [[The New Currency Act]].
*1871/5/14 The government promulgates a decree establishing a new shrine ranking system, abolishing hereditary priesthood, and stating that [[Shinto shrines]] are non-religious sites of reverence for the State<!--国家の宗祀-->.
*1871/5/14 The government promulgates a decree establishing a new shrine ranking system, abolishing hereditary priesthood, and stating that [[Shinto shrines]] are non-religious sites of reverence for the State<!--国家の宗祀-->.
*1871/7/15 Celebrations are held for the 60th birthday of [[Maeda Nariyasu]], lord of [[Kaga han]].
*1871/8/29 [[Abolition of the han]]
*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.
*1871/11 [[Emperor Meiji]] is photographed for the first time, during an imperial visit to the Yokosuka Naval Yard.
*1871/11/17 ''[[Daijosai|Daijôsai]]'' accession ceremonies are held for the Meiji Emperor in Tokyo.
==Other Events of 1871==
==Other Events of 1871==
*The government bans the [[Ainu]] custom of burning one's house after the death of an occupant (a family member).
*The government bans a variety of [[Ainu]] customs, including [[tattoos]], and the burning of one's house after the death of an occupant (a family member). Efforts to impress [[Standard Japanese]] are expanded into the Ainu communities.
*The brothels of [[Fukagawa]] and [[Shin-Shimabara]] are forced to move into the [[Yoshiwara]].
*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.
*A branch office of the [[Foreign Ministry]] is established in Okinawa.
*The ''[[hinin]]'', ''[[eta]]'', and other outcast classes are officially abolished.
*[[Theodore Duret]] and [[Henri Cernuschi]] travel to Japan and China.
*[[Edo castle]] is officially renamed the Imperial Palace.
*The ''[[hinin]]'', ''[[eta]]'', and other outcast classes are officially abolished, as all commoners/peasants are made ''heimin''.
*The special status of ''[[honjin]]'' is abolished.
*The [[Iwakura Mission]] departs Japan for the United States.
*The [[Iwakura Mission]] departs Japan for the United States.
*The First [[Kyoto Exposition]]<!--京都博覧会--> is held at the ''[[shoin]]'' complex of [[Nishi Honganji]]. It is the first "modern" exposition (''[[hakurankai]]'') to be held in Japan.
*The First [[Kyoto Exposition]]<!--京都博覧会--> is held at the ''[[shoin]]'' complex of [[Nishi Honganji]]. It is the first "modern" exposition (''[[hakurankai]]'') to be held in Japan.
*[[Maebashi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Maebashi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Algernon Mitford|Algernon Mitford's]] ''[[Tales of Old Japan]]'', the first commercial publication of an English translation of Japanese literature, is published.
*[[Naegi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Naegi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Nakamura Masanao]] publishes a Japanese translation of Samuel Smiles' ''Self-Help'' under the title ''Saigoku risshihen''.
*Police force formed.
*Police force formed.
*The shogunate school [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôhei-kô]] is closed.
*The shogunate school [[Yushima Seido|Shôhei-kô]] is closed.
*[[Sino-Japanese Friendship Treaty|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.
*The wearing of swords by [[samurai]] is declared optional.
*[[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]].
*[[Treaty of Commerce and Friendship (Japan-Hawaii)|Treaty of Commerce and Friendship]] is signed between Japan and the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]].
*Five US warships move against [[Joseon|Korea]], seeking reparations for an American ship destroyed by the Korean Court in [[1866]], but are ultimately driven off by Korean forces.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Kunikida Doppo]] is born (d. [[1908]]).
*[[Kunikida Doppo]] is born (d. [[1908]]).
*[[Moriyama Einosuke]] dies (b. [[1820]]).
*[[Moriyama Einosuke]] dies (b. [[1820]]).
*''[[Kokugaku]]'' scholar [[Okuni Takamasa]] dies (b. [[1792]]).