1887

Meiji 20 (明治二十年)

Timeline of 1887

• 1887/11/8-12/17 Minister of Education Mori Arinori and Prime Minister Itô Hirobumi undertake an official inspection tour of Kyûshû and Okinawa prefecture, accompanied by Yôga painter Yamamoto Hôsui.

Other Events of 1887

• China cedes Macao to Portugal; previously under Chinese jurisdiction, the city now formally becomes a Portuguese colony.
• The Ryûchi-kai is reorganized as the Japan Art Association (Nihon Bijutsu Kyôkai).
• Shiga Shigetaka's Nan'yôjiji ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
• Charles Wirgman's Japan Punch ceases publication.
• Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee is held in London, with members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance.
• Issei (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in Hawaii; this is not lifted until 1952.
• Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity.
• The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, textile producers, and the like, including Iida Shinshichi III of Takashimaya and Kawashima Jinbei II, to produce works for decorating the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
• Peace Preservation Law is enacted.
• The Tokyo School of Fine Arts is established.
• Yôga painters Harada Naojirô and Yamamoto Hôsui return from studying in Europe.

Births and Deaths

• Ruth Benedict is born (d. 1948).
• Painter Hyakutake Kenkô dies (b. 1842).
• Ryukyuan painter Nishime Seiraku is born (d. 1922).
• Architect Watanabe Hitoshi is born (d. 1973).

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