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==Timeline of 1870==
==Timeline of 1870==
*1870/1/5 The [[Meiji government]] outlaws tooth blackening (''[[haguro]]'') and the courtier custom of painted eyebrows.
*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]].
*1870/7 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]].
*1870/8/11 [[Atsu-hime]] moves to Ushigome-toyama from the [[Kishu Tokugawa Edo mansion|Kii Tokugawa mansion]] in [[Akasaka]].
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==Other Events of 1870==
==Other Events of 1870==
−*Commoners are permitted to take on surnames; hereditary determination & other restrictions on occupation and residence are abolished.
+*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]].
*Foreign wives and children are permitted to take up residence in the [[treaty ports]].
*The ''[[Kabunakama]]'' are dissolved.
*The ''[[Kabunakama]]'' are dissolved.