Meiji 3 (明治三年)
Timeline of 1870
Other Events of 1870
- The Kabunakama are dissolved.
- The kabuki play Keian Taiheiki, based on the events of the 1651 Keian Uprising, debuts.
- 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.
Births and Deaths
- Ôishi Kuwajirô of the Shinsengumi is executed (b. 1838).
- Anthropologist Torii Ryûzô is born (d. 1953).
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