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*Artist [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] returns to Tokyo. | *Artist [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] returns to Tokyo. | ||
*[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. | *[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. | ||
| + | *Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints". | ||
*[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. | *[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. | ||
*[[Ueda castle]] is demolished. | *[[Ueda castle]] is demolished. | ||
Revision as of 20:20, 14 March 2010
Meiji 7 (明治七年)
Timeline of 1874
- Saigô Tsugumichi leads the Taiwan Expedition of 1874.
Other Events of 1874
- Aizu-Wakamatsu castle is demolished.
- Akashi castle is demolished.
- Author and educator William Griffis returns to the United States.
- Merriman Harris is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan.
- Kabuki actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name Ichikawa Danjûrô IX.
- Kagoshima castle is demolished.
- Artist Kobayashi Kiyochika returns to Tokyo.
- Morioka castle is demolished.
- Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first shinbun nishiki-e, or "news prints".
- Tatebayashi castle is destroyed.
- Ueda castle is demolished.
- The Yomiuri Shinbun is founded.
Births and Deaths
- 1874/12/18 Saitô Ichidakusai dies.
- Date Yoshikuni, former daimyô of Sendai han, dies.
- Hirama Jûsuke of the Rôshigumi dies.
- Torii Yôzô dies.
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1874 | Following Year 1875 |
