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| ==Timeline of 1889== | | ==Timeline of 1889== |
| + | *1889/1 The Imperial Court relocates from the [[Kishu Tokugawa Edo mansion|Temporary Akasaka Palace]] to the newly completed palace at the center of [[Tokyo]], which is now for the first time officially designated an "[[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]]" (''kyûjô''). |
| *1889/1/14 [[:Image:Goshinei.jpg|A new portrait]] of [[Emperor Meiji]] is sketched by [[Edoardo Chiossone]], on account of the emperor's refusal to be photographed. | | *1889/1/14 [[:Image:Goshinei.jpg|A new portrait]] of [[Emperor Meiji]] is sketched by [[Edoardo Chiossone]], on account of the emperor's refusal to be photographed. |
| + | *1889/2/11 The [[Meiji Constitution]] is promulgated. Celebrations surrounding the promulgation constitute, perhaps, Japan's first modern, national, public ceremony of this sort. |
| *1889/2/18 ''[[Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko|Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkô]]'' ("Tokyo School of Art") is founded. | | *1889/2/18 ''[[Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko|Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkô]]'' ("Tokyo School of Art") is founded. |
| + | *1889/11/21 [[Kabuki-za]] opens. |
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| ==Other Events of 1889== | | ==Other Events of 1889== |
| + | *Buddhist missionaries first arrive in [[Hawaii]]. |
| + | *Celebrations are held for the 300th anniversary of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] [[1590]] entry into [[Edo]]. |
| + | *A group of former shogunate officials form the [[Edokai]], a historical revisionist group. |
| + | *Eiffel Tower is completed for the [[Paris Exhibition of 1889]], and becomes the tallest manmade structure in the world. |
| *Pencil drawing is replaced with brush painting in the nationwide education system. | | *Pencil drawing is replaced with brush painting in the nationwide education system. |
| **The [[Meiji Art Society]] (''Meiji Bijutsu-kai'') is founded by ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' artists as a reaction to this, and to the exclusion of Western painting from the newly established Tokyo School of Art. | | **The [[Meiji Art Society]] (''Meiji Bijutsu-kai'') is founded by ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' artists as a reaction to this, and to the exclusion of Western painting from the newly established Tokyo School of Art. |
− | *The [[Meiji Constitution]] is promulgated.
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| *Playing card company Nintendo is founded. | | *Playing card company Nintendo is founded. |
| + | *[[Okuma Shigenobu|Ôkuma Shigenobu]] is succeeded as Foreign Minister by [[Aoki Shuzo|Aoki Shûzô]]. |
| + | *The [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô Main Line]] linking [[Tokyo]] and [[Kobe]] by railroad is completed. |
| + | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' artist [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]] opens his painting school, the Seikôkan. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *Painter [[Hirai Baisen]] is born (d. 1969). |
| *[[Kawanabe Kyosai|Kawanabe Kyôsai]] dies (b. [[1831]]). | | *[[Kawanabe Kyosai|Kawanabe Kyôsai]] dies (b. [[1831]]). |
| + | *[[Mori Arinori]] is assassinated (b. [[1847]]). |
| + | *[[Nanbara Shigeru]] is born (d. 1974). |
| + | *[[Arthur Waley]] is born (d. 1968). |
| *[[Yanagi Soetsu|Yanagi Sôetsu]] is born (d. 1961). | | *[[Yanagi Soetsu|Yanagi Sôetsu]] is born (d. 1961). |
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