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*Anthropologist [[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] is born (d. 1953).
==Timeline of 1870==
==Timeline of 1870==
−*1870/8/11 [[Atsu-hime]] moves to Ushigome-toyama from the Kii Tokugawa mansion in [[Akasaka]].
+*1870/1/5 The [[Meiji government]] outlaws tooth blackening (''[[haguro]]'') and the courtier custom of painted eyebrows.
+*1870/3/3 Construction is begun on a [[railroad]] linking Tokyo and Yokohama.
+*1870/7 Japan and Hawaii agree to a [[Hawaiian-Japanese Treaty of Amity & Commerce]].
+*1870/8/11 [[Atsu-hime]] moves to Ushigome-toyama from the [[Kishu Tokugawa Edo mansion|Kii Tokugawa mansion]] in [[Akasaka]].
+*1870/12 or 1871/1 (Feb 1871) [[Mori Arinori]] arrives in DC as ''chargé d'affaires'' for Japan in the US.
==Other Events of 1870==
==Other Events of 1870==
+*Commoners are permitted to officially take on surnames; hereditary determination & other restrictions on occupation and residence are abolished.
+*Foreign wives and children are permitted to take up residence in the [[treaty ports]].
*The ''[[Kabunakama]]'' are dissolved.
*The ''[[Kabunakama]]'' are dissolved.
*The [[kabuki]] play ''[[Keian Taiheiki]]'', based on the events of the [[1651]] [[Keian Uprising]], debuts.
*The [[kabuki]] play ''[[Keian Taiheiki]]'', based on the events of the [[1651]] [[Keian Uprising]], debuts.
+*[[Kusakabe Taro|Kusakabe Tarô]] (Rutgers) and [[Niijima Jo]] (Amherst) become the first Japanese to graduate from US colleges.
*Many of the buildings at [[Marugame castle]] are destroyed by the Meiji government.
*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.
*[[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===
===Births and Deaths===
+*1870/4/4 Anthropologist [[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] is born (d. 1953).
+*[[Nishida Kitaro|Nishida Kitarô]] is born (d. 1945).
*[[Oishi Kuwajiro|Ôishi Kuwajirô]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is executed (b. [[1838]]).
*[[Oishi Kuwajiro|Ôishi Kuwajirô]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is executed (b. [[1838]]).
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