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*Photographer [[Felice Beato]] publishes his ''[[Photographic Views of Japan]]''.
*Photographer [[Felice Beato]] publishes his ''[[Photographic Views of Japan]]''.
*The end of the shogunate brings with it a massive exodus from [[Edo]]; the city's population does not recover to 1868 levels until around 1890.
*The end of the shogunate brings with it a massive exodus from [[Edo]]; the city's population does not recover to 1868 levels until around 1890.
*The terms ''[[han]]'' and ''[[shogunate|bakufu]]'' are used in an official context for the first time.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.
*[[Shirakawa castle]] is burnt down in battle.
*[[Shirakawa castle]] is burnt down in battle.