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*The Music Study Committee (''Ongaku torishirabe-gakari''), the first school of music to be sponsored by the [[Meiji government]], is founded. It is later renamed [[Tokyo Music School]] (''Tôkyô ongaku gakkô'').

*The Music Study Committee (''Ongaku torishirabe-gakari''), the first school of music to be sponsored by the [[Meiji government]], is founded. It is later renamed [[Tokyo Music School]] (''Tôkyô ongaku gakkô'').

*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] ends his tenure at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]] and returns to the US.

*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] ends his tenure at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]] and returns to the US.

*The [[Ryuchi-kai|Ryûchi-kai]] art association is founded.

*The [[Ryuchi-kai|Ryûchi-kai]] art association is founded; the first [[Exhibition of Old Art]] (''Kanko bijutsukai'') is held.

===Births and Deaths of 1879===

===Births and Deaths of 1879===