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*The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded.

*The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded.

*A series of prints designed by [[Yoshitoshi]] and depicting various events in the lives of various [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]] is released, the first print series to legally depict contemporary events & to depict and identify shoguns by name.

*A series of prints designed by [[Yoshitoshi]] and depicting various events in the lives of various [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]] is released, the first print series to legally depict contemporary events & to depict and identify shoguns by name.

*A series of Imperial portraits by an Italian oil painter are the first art objects to be officially & voluntarily acquired by the Imperial Household.

*A series of Imperial portraits by Italian oil painter [[Giuseppe Ugolini]] are the first art objects to be officially & voluntarily acquired by the Imperial Household.

===Births and Deaths===

===Births and Deaths===