Difference between revisions of "1903"
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search (→Other Events of 1903: expo) |
(date) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
==Timeline of 1903== | ==Timeline of 1903== | ||
| + | *1903/4/20 The [[Fifth Domestic Exposition]] in Osaka opens. | ||
| + | **The exhibition will be the last Domestic Exposition to be held. It includes a "Pavilion of Mankind" (''Jinruikan'') organized by anthropologist [[Tsuboi Shogoro|Tsuboi Shôgorô]], in which [[Ainu]], [[Taiwanese aborigines]], Koreans, and others are put on display. The Okinawans refuse to go on display. | ||
*1903/5 [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] appears on stage for the last time. | *1903/5 [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] appears on stage for the last time. | ||
==Other Events of 1903== | ==Other Events of 1903== | ||
*''[[The Early Institutional Life of Japan|The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D.]]'', by [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]], is published. | *''[[The Early Institutional Life of Japan|The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D.]]'', by [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]], is published. | ||
| − | |||
*Japan is officially recognized by the international community as an independent sovereign state under international law, as the result of a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration. | *Japan is officially recognized by the international community as an independent sovereign state under international law, as the result of a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration. | ||
*[[Iha Fuyu|Iha Fuyû]] enters the Linguistics Dept of [[Tokyo University]], where he specializes in studying the [[Okinawan language]] and the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''. | *[[Iha Fuyu|Iha Fuyû]] enters the Linguistics Dept of [[Tokyo University]], where he specializes in studying the [[Okinawan language]] and the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''. | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 17 November 2010
Meiji 36 (明治三十六年)
Timeline of 1903
- 1903/4/20 The Fifth Domestic Exposition in Osaka opens.
- The exhibition will be the last Domestic Exposition to be held. It includes a "Pavilion of Mankind" (Jinruikan) organized by anthropologist Tsuboi Shôgorô, in which Ainu, Taiwanese aborigines, Koreans, and others are put on display. The Okinawans refuse to go on display.
- 1903/5 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX appears on stage for the last time.
Other Events of 1903
- The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D., by Kan'ichi Asakawa, is published.
- Japan is officially recognized by the international community as an independent sovereign state under international law, as the result of a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
- Iha Fuyû enters the Linguistics Dept of Tokyo University, where he specializes in studying the Okinawan language and the Omoro sôshi.
- Land reforms in Okinawa prefecture end the paying of taxes in kind, implementing a modern strictly monetary system of taxation.
- James Murdoch's History of Japan is published.
- The Ideals of the East, by Okakura Kakuzô, is published.
- Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America is published.
- Russia promises to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, in the wake of the Boxer Rebellion, but does not do so.
Births and Deaths
- 1903/1/22 Tachikawa Chikara dies (b. 1835).
- 1903/4/28 Saigô Tanomo dies (b.1830).
- 1903/6/17 Ishii Yûjirô of the Shinsengumi dies (b. 1846).
- 1903/8/27 Oine, daughter of Philipp Franz von Siebold, dies (b. 1827).
- 1903/9/13 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX dies (b. 1838).
- Print artist Munakata Shikô is born (d. 1975).
- Yagi Gennojô dies (b. 1814).
| Previous Year 1902 |
1903 | Following Year 1904 |
