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== Other Events of 1867 ==
 
== Other Events of 1867 ==
* Japan exhibits at the [[1867 Paris World's Fair]]. The shogunate, and [[Satsuma han]] (as "Kingdom of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyu]] and Satsuma"), send separate delegations; the weakened shogunal legitimacy this presents causes France to withhold a crucial monetary loan from the shogunate.
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* Japan exhibits at the [[1867 Paris World's Fair]] (''Exposition Universelle''); the exposition as a whole is four times the size of any previous such exposition. The shogunate, and [[Satsuma han]] (as "Kingdom of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyu]] and Satsuma"), send separate delegations; the weakened shogunal legitimacy this presents causes France to withhold a crucial monetary loan from the shogunate.
 
*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] opens his ''[[juku (art)|juku]]'' in Kyoto.
 
*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] opens his ''[[juku (art)|juku]]'' in Kyoto.
 
*[[Charles LeGendre]], US Consul in Amoy, leads a mission to meet with Taiwanese aboriginal leaders, and receives a promise from a man called Tôkitoku in Japanese sources that ships flying the US flag will not be attacked.
 
*[[Charles LeGendre]], US Consul in Amoy, leads a mission to meet with Taiwanese aboriginal leaders, and receives a promise from a man called Tôkitoku in Japanese sources that ships flying the US flag will not be attacked.
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