1877

Meiji 10 (明治十年)

Timeline of 1877

• 1877/5 Edward Sylvester Morse departs the US for Japan.

Satsuma Rebellion

• 1877/2/20 Saigô Takamori is declared a rebel by the Meiji government.
• 1877/2/22 Saigô's army attempts to oust the Imperial garrison at Kumamoto castle.
• 1877/4/15 Saigô's siege of Kumamoto castle is lifted.
• The rebels retreat to Kagoshima and are in the end eventually defeated by Imperial forces.

Other Events of 1877

• Felice Beato sells his photography business in Japan to the Austrian photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz and his German partner Hermann Andersen.
• The First Domestic Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyô Hakurankai) is held.
• Nomura Fumio's Marumaru Chinbun is first issued.
• Kôno Bairei becomes head of the Shijô school upon the death of his master Shiokawa Bunrin.
• Kumamoto castle is destroyed.
• Kyoto and Kobe are connected by rail.
• Edward Sylvester Morse is invited to organize the Dept of Zoology at the new Tokyo Imperial University.
• Edward Sylvester Morse introduces Darwin's theories on natural selection and "the origin of species" to Japan.
• Tanba Kameyama castle is torn down.
• Tokugawa Iesato leaves for England, for study.
• Tottori castle is demolished.
• A mission is sent to Peking from Ryûkyû.

Births and Deaths

• Enomoto Takeaki dies.
• Kazu-no-Miya dies.
• Kido Takayoshi dies.
• Saigô Takamori dies.
• Shijô school head Shiokawa Bunrin dies (b. 1808).

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