Meiji 7 (明治七年)
Timeline of 1874
- 1874/2 Saga Rebellion - Shizoku (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
- 1874/5 Saigô Tsugumichi leads the Taiwan Expedition of 1874.
Other Events of 1874
- Aizu-Wakamatsu castle is demolished.
- Akashi castle is demolished.
- Author and educator William Griffis returns to the United States.
- Merriman Harris is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan.
- Kabuki actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name Ichikawa Danjûrô IX.
- Kagoshima castle is demolished.
- Artist Kobayashi Kiyochika returns to Tokyo.
- Morioka castle is demolished.
- Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first shinbun nishiki-e, or "news prints".
- Tatebayashi castle is destroyed.
- Ueda castle is demolished.
- The Yomiuri Shinbun is founded.
Births and Deaths
- 1874/12/18 Saitô Ichidakusai dies.
- Date Yoshikuni, former daimyô of Sendai han, dies.
- Hirama Jûsuke of the Rôshigumi dies.
- Torii Yôzô dies.
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