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==Timeline of 1888==
==Timeline of 1888==
*1888/1/4 The government establishes the [[Order of the Chrysanthemum]] with Chain, now the highest order the emperor could award. The First Class [[Order of the Rising Sun]] with Paulownia Flowers is also established at this time.
*1888/4 The [[Privy Council]] is established as the highest board of government advisors.
*1888/spring - The entire cabinet of [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] falls as a result of waves of bad publicity.
*1888/7/15 [[Mt. Bandai]] erupts dramatically; its caldera collapses, transforming the surrounding topography and creating several new lakes.
==Other Events of 1888==
==Other Events of 1888==
*[[Bunkio Matsuki]] arrives in the United States, traveling to Boston a week after arriving in San Francisco.
*[[Bunkio Matsuki]] arrives in the United States, traveling to Boston a week after arriving in San Francisco.
*[[Mutsu Munemitsu]] is appointed Japanese ambassador to the United States.
*[[Ozu castle|Ôzu castle]] is demolished.
*[[Ozu castle|Ôzu castle]] is demolished.
*Restrictions on the planting of sugar cane in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] are lifted.
*Restrictions on the planting of sugar cane in [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawa]] are lifted.
*''The Pilgrim's Progress'' (John Bunyan, 1678) becomes the first English-language novel published in Korean ''[[hangul]]'' translation.
*Research and development efforts begin on the 'modern' [[waterworks]] system for Tokyo. Construction begins in [[1892]].
*Research and development efforts begin on the 'modern' [[waterworks]] system for Tokyo. Construction begins in [[1892]].
*''[[Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko|Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkô]]'' ("Tokyo School of Art") is founded.
*In the United States, the Scott Act reclassifies all people of Chinese descent as "Chinese," and bans all Chinese from entering the country, with a few exceptions. Chinese previously in the US are forbidden from re-entering the country unless they own $1000 or more in property, and all Chinese are denied citizenship.
*A short-cropped hairstyle becomes widely enforced for men; the Western-style [[school uniforms|school uniform]] becomes mandatory soon afterwards.
*''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Harada Naojiro|Harada Naojirô]] opens his painting school, the Shôbikan.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Kano Hogai|Kanô Hôgai]] dies (b. [[1828]]).
*[[Kuki Shuzo|Kuki Shûzô]] is born (d. 1941).
*[[Laurence Oliphant]], secretary to the British Legation in Japan, dies (b. [[1829]]).
*[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] dies.
*[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] dies.
