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==Other Events of 1856==
==Other Events of 1856==
*The shogunate establishes the ''[[kobusho|kôbusho]]''.
*The shogunate establishes the ''[[kobusho|kôbusho]]''.
*Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] presents his ''[[Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan]]'' to Congress.
*The ''Yôgakusho'' (Bureau of Western Studies) is renamed the ''[[Bansho Shirabesho]]'' (Institute for the Study of Western Books).
*The ''Yôgakusho'' (Bureau of Western Studies) is renamed the ''[[Bansho Shirabesho]]'' (Institute for the Study of Western Books).