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==Timeline of 1887==
 
==Timeline of 1887==
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*1887/1/25-2/24 The [[Meiji Emperor]] travels to Kyoto to pay his respects at his father's tomb, on the 20th anniversary of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei's]] death.
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*1887/spring [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] holds a masked ball at his private residence in which he dresses as a Venetian doge; many misrepresent this as having taken place at the [[Rokumeikan]].
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*1887/summer - Negotiations led by [[Inoue Kaoru]] with representatives of the Western powers over the revision of the [[Unequal Treaties]] are called off, after rumors of concessions offered by Inoue leak and are widely criticized within Japan.
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*1887/9 Inoue Kaoru resigns.
 
*1887/11/8-12/17 [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] [[Mori Arinori]] and [[Prime Minister]] [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] undertake an official inspection tour of [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]] and [[Okinawa prefecture]], accompanied by ''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]].
 
*1887/11/8-12/17 [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] [[Mori Arinori]] and [[Prime Minister]] [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] undertake an official inspection tour of [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]] and [[Okinawa prefecture]], accompanied by ''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]].
  
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*[[Shiga Shigetaka]]'s ''[[Nanyojiji|Nan'yôjiji]]'' ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
 
*[[Shiga Shigetaka]]'s ''[[Nanyojiji|Nan'yôjiji]]'' ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
 
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' ceases publication.
 
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' ceases publication.
*[[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]] is held in London, with members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance.
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*[[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]] is held in London, with [[Prince Komatsu]] and other members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance. Prince Komatsu confers the Grand Star of the Chrysanthemum upon the [[King Edward VII|Prince of Wales]].
 
*''Issei'' (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in [[Hawaii]]; this is not lifted until 1952.
 
*''Issei'' (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in [[Hawaii]]; this is not lifted until 1952.
*Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity.
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*The Methodist Rev. [[Miyama Kanichi]] establishes the first Christian Mission for Japanese in Hawaii.
 
*The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, [[textiles|textile]] producers, and the like, including [[Iida Shinshichi III]] of [[Takashimaya]] and [[Kawashima Jinbei II]], to produce works for decorating the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]].
 
*The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, [[textiles|textile]] producers, and the like, including [[Iida Shinshichi III]] of [[Takashimaya]] and [[Kawashima Jinbei II]], to produce works for decorating the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]].
 
*[[Peace Preservation Law]] is enacted.
 
*[[Peace Preservation Law]] is enacted.

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