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*[[Shibata castle]] is demolished.

*[[Shibata castle]] is demolished.

*[[Soma Kazue]] moves to Tokyo with his wife.

*[[Soma Kazue]] moves to Tokyo with his wife.

*Four Japanese seafarers from [[Oda Prefecture]] (modern-day [[Okayama Prefecture]]) are robbed and nearly killed by Taiwanese aborigines.

*Four Japanese seafarers from [[Oda Prefecture]] (modern-day [[Okayama Prefecture]]) are robbed and nearly killed by Taiwanese aborigines. They are rescued by an aborigine chief and return to Japan via [[Shanghai]]; official thanks are sent by the [[Meiji government]] for their safe return.

*Japan exhibits at the [[1873 Vienna Exposition]].

*Japan exhibits at the [[1873 Vienna Exposition]].