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*[[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] comes under the control of the newly established [[Ministry of the Interior]], and no longer comes under the purview of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].
**1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
**1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
**1874/6 Fighting ends.
**1874/6 Fighting ends.
+*1874/7/12 At the suggestion of Minister of the Interior [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] comes under the control of the newly established [[Ministry of the Interior]], and no longer under that of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].
*1874/9/14 Negotiations between China and Japan, to resolve the Taiwan/Ryûkyû situation, begin, mediated by British diplomat [[Sir Thomas Wade]].
*1874/9/14 Negotiations between China and Japan, to resolve the Taiwan/Ryûkyû situation, begin, mediated by British diplomat [[Sir Thomas Wade]].
*1874/10/31 Japan and China conclude a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity of 500,000 ''[[tael]]s'' to Japan.
*1874/10/31 Japan and China conclude a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity of 500,000 ''[[tael]]s'' to Japan.
+*1874/11 Okinawan [[tribute]] mission is dispatched to China, consisting of 180 persons and led by [[Kunjan peechin]].
+*1874/12 The Meiji government orders Ryûkyû to send its high officials to Tokyo.
==Other Events of 1874==
==Other Events of 1874==
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*[[Morioka castle]] is demolished.
*[[Morioka castle]] is demolished.
*[[Obama castle]] is torn down.
*[[Obama castle]] is torn down.
−*Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints".
*Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints".
*[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed.
*[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed.