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| *Obama prefecture is absorbed into [[Shiga prefecture]]. | | *Obama prefecture is absorbed into [[Shiga prefecture]]. |
| *Japan declares its borders to extend out to include the [[Ogasawara Islands]]. | | *Japan declares its borders to extend out to include the [[Ogasawara Islands]]. |
| + | *The railroad link between [[Kobe]] and [[Osaka]] is extended to [[Kyoto]]. |
| + | *[[Samurai]] are required to convert their stipends into twenty-year bonds. Combined with the Haitô edict, this represents the final step in the abolition of the samurai class, and of its hereditary privileges. |
| *[[Shimabara castle]] is torn down. | | *[[Shimabara castle]] is torn down. |
| *[[Shuri castle]] is made the site of the barracks of the [[Kumamoto Garrison]]. | | *[[Shuri castle]] is made the site of the barracks of the [[Kumamoto Garrison]]. |
| + | *The first woodblock print to depict the Emperor's person in a not entirely imaginary manner is published. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *1876/2/20 [[Ifa Fuyu|Ifa Fuyû]], father of Okinawan Studies, is born (d. 1947). | | *1876/2/20 [[Ifa Fuyu|Ifa Fuyû]], father of Okinawan Studies, is born (d. 1947). |
| + | *Weaver [[Date Yasuke IV]] dies (b. [[1813]]). |
| *Ryukyuan royal advisor [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] (b. [[1823]]) dies. | | *Ryukyuan royal advisor [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] (b. [[1823]]) dies. |
| *[[Imamura Hyakuhachirô]] is killed. | | *[[Imamura Hyakuhachirô]] is killed. |
| *Masuda Shizukata is killed. | | *Masuda Shizukata is killed. |
| + | *''[[Shin hanga]]'' artist [[Yoshida Hiroshi]] is born (d. 1950). |
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