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Iwakura Mission (1871–1873)

Iwakura Mission (1871–1873)

  1. Imperial mission chartered to revise treaties

    Labels: Iwakura Tomomi, Meiji government

  2. Delegation departs Yokohama for the West

    Labels: Yokohama, Iwakura Mission

  3. Mission arrives in San Francisco

    Labels: San Francisco, Iwakura Mission

  4. Delegation reaches Washington, D.C.

    Labels: Washington D, Iwakura Mission

  5. White House audience with President Ulysses S. Grant

    Labels: Ulysses S, White House

  6. Treaty-revision negotiations open with U.S. officials

    Labels: U S, treaty negotiations

  7. Embassy shifts from U.S. to United Kingdom

    Labels: United Kingdom, Iwakura Mission

  8. Mission arrives at Liverpool and begins UK inspections

    Labels: Liverpool, industrial centers

  9. Formal audience with Queen Victoria at Windsor

    Labels: Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle

  10. Delegation departs Britain for France

    Labels: France, Iwakura Mission

  11. Talks with French foreign minister Charles de Rémusat

    Labels: Charles de, Paris

  12. Berlin reception by Wilhelm I and meeting Bismarck

    Labels: Wilhelm I, Otto von

  13. Mission in Italy for comparative institutional study

    Labels: Italy, Iwakura Mission

  14. Delegation returns to Yokohama to report findings

    Labels: Yokohama, Iwakura Mission

  15. Kume Kunitake publishes official multi-volume mission record

    Labels: Kume Kunitake, mission record