Difference between revisions of "1870"

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Meiji 3 (明治三年)

1870/1/5 The Meiji government outlaws tooth blackening (haguro) and the courtier custom of painted eyebrows.
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 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.

Commoners are permitted to take on surnames; hereditary determination & other restrictions on occupation and residence are abolished.
The Kabunakama are dissolved.
The kabuki play Keian Taiheiki, based on the events of the 1651 Keian Uprising, debuts.
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.
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.

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 *1870/1/5 The [[Meiji government]] outlaws tooth blackening (''[[haguro]]'') and the courtier custom of painted eyebrows.
 *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 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]].
 *1870/12 or 1871/1 (Feb 1871) [[Mori Arinori]] arrives in DC as ''chargé d'affaires'' for Japan in the US.