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<h2 class="hd hd-2 unit-title">Reference: Timeline of Events in Course</h2>
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<p>Take a moment to look over the timeline. Note that the outpouring of woodblock-print series comes after catastrophic events, and reflects and reenforces the optimism of the rebuilt city.</p>
<p><strong>Edo</strong></p>
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<li><span>1603–1868: Edo or Tokugawa period ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate and 300 Daimyo (regional feudal lords)</span></li>
<li><span>1846–1867: Emperor Kōmei (Osahito) presided over the final years of Edo as the 121st Emperor of Japan</span></li>
<li><span>1846: James Biddle (American) mission to Edo fails to open long-secluded Japan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1em;">1853–1854: Commodore Matthew Perry’s American expedition brings four warships to Edo Bay and succeeds in forcing Japan to open to foreigners</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1em;">1854–1855: Ansei great earthquakes; 3 earthquakes that devastate and burn Edo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1em;">1856–1858: Hiroshige “100 Famous Views of Edo” woodblock-print series</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 1em;">1858: the </span>Treaty of Amity and Commerce, known as the Harris Treaty, signed on July 29, 1858 between Japan and the United States opening Kanagawa and four other Japanese "treaty-ports" to US trade, and granting extraterritoriality to foreigners</li>
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<p><strong>Tokyo, Kiyochika</strong></p>
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<li>1867–1912: Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) presided over the “Meiji Era” (122nd Emperor of Japan)</li>
<li>1868: Meiji Restoration; city of Edo renamed Tokyo</li>
<li>1876–1881: Kiyochika ”Famous Places of Tokyo“ woodblock print series</li>
<li>1912-1926: Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) presided over the “Taishō Era” (123rd Emperor of Japan)</li>
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<p><strong>Earthquake, Koizumi, 8 Artists</strong></p>
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<li>1923: Great Kantō Earthquake destroys much of Tokyo and Yokohama</li>
<li>1925: Nishimura Goun, 12-part painted Kantō Earthquake Scroll</li>
<li>1925: Hiratsuka Un’ichi, “Scenes of Tokyo after the Earthquake” Sōsaku-Hanga series</li>
<li>1926-1947: Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) presided over the “Shōwa Era” (124th Emperor of Japan)</li>
<li>1928-1940: Koizumi Kishio “100 Views of Great Tokyo in the Shōwa Era” woodblock print series</li>
<li>1928-1932: 8 Artists “100 Views of New Tokyo” woodblock-print series</li>
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