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| − | *[[Aizu Wakamatsu castle]] is torn down. | + | *[[Aizu-Wakamatsu castle]] is torn down. |
*Meiji system of [[censorship]] is put into place. | *Meiji system of [[censorship]] is put into place. | ||
*Many officials of the government of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] are attacked politically for collaborating with and submitting to Japanese authority; [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] is among those who resign in disgrace. | *Many officials of the government of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] are attacked politically for collaborating with and submitting to Japanese authority; [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] is among those who resign in disgrace. | ||
Revision as of 06:25, 28 November 2010
Meiji 8 (明治八年)
Timeline of 1875
- 1875/3 Okinawan tribute mission is dispatched to China.
- 1875/6 Shô Tai is rebuked for not severing independent (tributary) ties with China in light of the 1872 conversion of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû into Ryûkyû han and de jure annexation of the territory by Japan.
Other Events of 1875
- Aizu-Wakamatsu castle is torn down.
- Meiji system of censorship is put into place.
- Many officials of the government of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû are attacked politically for collaborating with and submitting to Japanese authority; Giwan Chôho is among those who resign in disgrace.
- Matsuda Michiyuki, chief official overseeing the dissolution of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, arrives in Okinawa.
- Many structures are torn down at Matsumae castle.
- Merriman Harris becomes Acting Consul of the United States in Japan, upon the death of his predecessor.
- Morita-za kabuki theater in Tokyo is renamed Shintomi-za.
- The British quietly give up their official claim to the Ogasawara Islands.
- Shiroishi castle is torn down.
- Prince Shô In is named "Ginowan ueekata"; Giwan Chôho has his title changed to "Giwan ueekata" as a result.
- Takashima castle is demolished.
- The Yoshiwara, and the brothels, teahouses, and prostitutes of a number of other areas come under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
Births and Deaths
- Prince Kacho Hiroatsu is born.
- Otagaki Rengetsu dies (b. 1791).
- Tokugawa Yoshinori dies.
- Nihonga painter Uemura Shôen is born (d. 1949).
- Yanagita Kunio is born.
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