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"Modern" academic disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, medicine, and hard sciences also got their starts in Japan at this time. This came partially from visiting Westerners, and partially from ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholars and other Japanese. [[Tsuboi Shogoro|Tsuboi Shôgorô]] pioneered anthropological studies of the [[Ainu]], helped found the Tokyo Anthropological Society, and played a role in the first ever discovery of [[Yayoi period]] remains. The discovery of the [[Omori shellmound|Ômori shellmound]] by [[Edward Sylvester Morse]] was also a significant development in the origins of archaeology in Japan.

"Modern" academic disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, medicine, and hard sciences also got their starts in Japan at this time. This came partially from visiting Westerners, and partially from ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholars and other Japanese. [[Tsuboi Shogoro|Tsuboi Shôgorô]] pioneered anthropological studies of the [[Ainu]], helped found the Tokyo Anthropological Society, and played a role in the first ever discovery of [[Yayoi period]] remains. The discovery of the [[Omori shellmound|Ômori shellmound]] by [[Edward Sylvester Morse]] was also a significant development in the origins of archaeology in Japan.

[[File:Kyotofu-office.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The former [[Kyoto prefecture|Kyoto Prefectural Headquarters]], built in [[1904]].]]

[[File:Heian-gate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main gate to [[Heian Shrine]], established [[1895]], but based on the architectural style of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Heian Imperial Palace]] of the 8th-12th centuries.]]

[[File:Nijubashi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The ''Nijûbashi'' bridge at the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]]]

[[File:Nijubashi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The ''Nijûbashi'' bridge at the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]]]

[[File:Daijokyu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A model of the ''[[Daijosai|Daijôkyû]]'', a ritual space deep within the Tokyo Imperial Palace, used for supposedly ancient imperial ceremonies invented, or re-invented, in the Meiji period]]

[[File:Daijokyu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A model of the ''[[Daijosai|Daijôkyû]]'', a ritual space deep within the Tokyo Imperial Palace, used for supposedly ancient imperial ceremonies invented, or re-invented, in the Meiji period]]