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==Other Events of 1879==
==Other Events of 1879==
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*[[William Anderson]] presents at the Asiatic Society of Japan a paper on "The History of Japanese Art," inspiring [[Ernest Fenollosa]], who is in attendance.
*The Music Study Committee (''Ongaku torishirabe-gakari''), the first school of music to be sponsored by the [[Meiji government]], is founded. It is later renamed [[Tokyo Music School]] (''Tôkyô ongaku gakkô'').
*The Music Study Committee (''Ongaku torishirabe-gakari''), the first school of music to be sponsored by the [[Meiji government]], is founded. It is later renamed [[Tokyo Music School]] (''Tôkyô ongaku gakkô'').
*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] ends his tenure at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]] and returns to the US.
*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] ends his tenure at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]] and returns to the US.