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==Timeline of 1875==
==Timeline of 1875==
===[[Ryukyu Shobun|Ryûkyû Shobun]]===
*1875/3 Okinawan [[tribute]] mission is dispatched to China.
*1875/3 Okinawan [[tribute]] mission is dispatched to China.
*1875/3/17 A series of statements by French legal advisor to the Meiji government [[Gustave Emile Boissonade]] on the matter of Ryûkyû are submitted to the [[Ministry of the Interior]]. In them, he congratulates the government on gaining official Chinese recognition of the [[Ryukyuan people]] as Japanese subjects, and suggests that Ryûkyû be governed somewhat indirectly, in the manner of a colony. This suggestion is ultimately rejected in favor of a [[ryukyu shobun|full annexation plan]] articulated by [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], in accordance with policy stances taken since the [[Bakumatsu period]], that Japan claimed sovereign and territorial rights over its subject states<!--属国--> and subject peoples<!--属民-->, a concept incompatible with the somewhat more removed or indirect concept of ruling a 'colony.'
*1875/3/17 A series of statements by French legal advisor to the Meiji government [[Gustave Emile Boissonade]] on the matter of Ryûkyû are submitted to the [[Ministry of the Interior]]. In them, he congratulates the government on gaining official Chinese recognition of the [[Ryukyuan people]] as Japanese subjects, and suggests that Ryûkyû be governed somewhat indirectly, in the manner of a colony. This suggestion is ultimately rejected in favor of a [[ryukyu shobun|full annexation plan]] articulated by [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], in accordance with policy stances taken since the [[Bakumatsu period]], that Japan claimed sovereign and territorial rights over its subject states<!--属国--> and subject peoples<!--属民-->, a concept incompatible with the somewhat more removed or indirect concept of ruling a 'colony.'
*1875/6 [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] is rebuked for not severing independent (tributary) ties with China in light of the [[1872]] conversion of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] into [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] and ''de jure'' annexation of the territory by Japan.
*1875/6 [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] is rebuked for not severing independent (tributary) ties with China in light of the [[1872]] conversion of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] into [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] and ''de jure'' annexation of the territory by Japan.
*1875/6/10 Matsuda Michiyuki has an audience with [[Emperor Meiji]], and is named ''Shobun-kan'', or "Disposition Officer."
*1875/6/10 Matsuda Michiyuki has an audience with [[Emperor Meiji]], and is named ''Shobun-kan'', or "Disposition Officer."
*1875/6/12 Matsuda Michiyuki departs [[Shinagawa]] with over 70 men.
*1875/7/10 Matsuda arrives in [[Naha]].
*1875/7/14 Matsuda enters [[Shuri castle]] and meets with [[Prince Nakijin]], issuing a series of demands, the majority of which are rejected entirely by the Ryukyuan court.
*1875/9/11 [[Ikegusuku ueekata]] and several other Ryukyuan officials accompany Matsuda as he departs Naha to return to Tokyo.
*1875/10/15 Ikegusuku ueekata submits his formal letter of complaint, and remains in Tokyo for one year, continuing to reject Japanese demands on behalf of the Ryukyuan court.
==Other Events of 1875==
==Other Events of 1875==