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| ==Timeline of 1903== | | ==Timeline of 1903== |
| + | *1903/1/13 The first Korean immigrants to Hawaii arrive there. |
| + | *1903/3/15 Forty-five people from [[Kin Village]], Okinawa, leave Naha for Honolulu, led by [[Toyama Kyuzo|Tôyama Kyûzô]]. |
| + | *1903/4/6 The second group of Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii arrives in Honolulu. |
| + | *1903/4/20 The fifth [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] in Osaka opens. |
| *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. |
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| ==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 [[Denkikan]], the first theatre in Japan to be built explicitly for the purpose of showing films, opens in [[Asakusa]]'s [[Asakusa Rokku]] entertainment district, on [[Chinsekai]]<!--珍世界--> Street. |
| + | *''[[The Early Institutional Life of Japan|The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D.]]'', by [[Asakawa Kan'ichi]], 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]]''. |
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| *[[James Murdoch]]'s ''[[History of Japan]]'' is published. | | *[[James Murdoch]]'s ''[[History of Japan]]'' is published. |
| *''[[The Ideals of the East]]'', by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]], is published. | | *''[[The Ideals of the East]]'', by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]], is published. |
| + | *Poll tax in [[Okinawa prefecture]] is ended. |
| *''[[Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]]'' 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. | | *Russia promises to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, in the wake of the [[Boxer Rebellion]], but does not do so. |
| + | *Construction is completed on the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] (begun [[1891]]). |
| + | *[[Yokoyama Taikan]] visits India. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
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| *1903/9/13 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX dies (b. [[1838]]). | | *1903/9/13 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX dies (b. [[1838]]). |
| *Print artist [[Munakata Shiko|Munakata Shikô]] is born (d. 1975). | | *Print artist [[Munakata Shiko|Munakata Shikô]] is born (d. 1975). |
| + | *Filmmaker [[Ozu Yasujiro|Ozu Yasujirô]] is born (d. 1963). |
| + | *Composer [[Taki Rentaro|Taki Rentarô]] dies of tuberculosis at age 23. |
| *[[Yagi Gennojo|Yagi Gennojô]] dies (b. [[1814]]). | | *[[Yagi Gennojo|Yagi Gennojô]] dies (b. [[1814]]). |
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