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*[[Samurai]] class was converted to ''[[shizoku]]'' and ''[[sotsu]]'' in [[1869]]. In [[1872]], many lower-ranking sotsu were reduced to regular citizens (heimin). - Andrew Gordon, ''A Modern History of Japan'', Oxford University Press (2013), 65.
*[[Samurai]] class was converted to ''[[shizoku]]'' and ''[[sotsu]]'' in [[1869]]. In [[1872]], many lower-ranking sotsu were reduced to regular citizens (heimin). - Andrew Gordon, ''A Modern History of Japan'', Oxford University Press (2013), 65.
*Wooden samurai [[saddles]] took their form in the Heian period, and changed little all the way into the 1800s. - "Saddle with dragons and clouds," British Museum gallery label.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20268568953/sizes/l]
*The Exhibitions Department of the government (hakubutsu kyoku), in preparation for the 1873 Vienna World's Fair, stated that traditional styles (古風) of Japanese painting would make Japan look bad on the world stage. That Japanese painting had yet to achieve the right level of detail and refinement, and that Japanese efforts at depicting realistic scenery (真景) remained poor. - Foxwell, Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting, 7.
*The Exhibitions Department of the government (hakubutsu kyoku), in preparation for the 1873 Vienna World's Fair, stated that traditional styles (古風) of Japanese painting would make Japan look bad on the world stage. That Japanese painting had yet to achieve the right level of detail and refinement, and that Japanese efforts at depicting realistic scenery (真景) remained poor. - Foxwell, Making Modern Japanese-Style Painting, 7.