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*1879/7/4 Grant is granted an audience with [[Emperor Meiji]], and celebrates Independence Day with Americans resident in Japan.

*1879/7/4 Grant is granted an audience with [[Emperor Meiji]], and celebrates Independence Day with Americans resident in Japan.

*1879/7/8 Grant views a performance of [[Noh]]; he and his wife are the first Westerners to be the guests of honor at a "popular reception ... by the Japanese populace."

*1879/7/8 Grant views a performance of [[Noh]]; he and his wife are the first Westerners to be the guests of honor at a "popular reception ... by the Japanese populace."

*1879/7/16 Grant is treated to a performance at the [[Shintomi-za]] relating events in the life of [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]], as a metaphorical reference to events in the life of Grant himself.

*1879/7/16 Grant is treated to a performance of the [[kabuki]] play ''[[Gosannen Oshu Gunki|Gosannen Ôshû Gunki]]'' at the [[Shintomi-za]], relating events in the life of [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]], as a metaphorical reference to events in the life of Grant himself.

*1879/7/17 Grant's party arrives in [[Nikko|Nikkô]].

*1879/7/17 Grant's party arrives in [[Nikko|Nikkô]].

*1879/7/22 A conference is held in Nikkô to discuss the matter of sovereignty over Ryûkyû.

*1879/7/22 A conference is held in Nikkô to discuss the matter of sovereignty over Ryûkyû.