1895

Meiji 28 (明治二十八年)

Timeline of 1895

• 1895/2/16 Empress Shôken pays a visit to the wounded at the Tokyo Army Reserve Hospital.

Other Events of 1895

• Copies of a section of Frois' History of Japan is discovered in a library in Lisbon.
• Hakubunkan begins publishing the magazines Taiyô and Bungei kurabu.
• The Imperial government ceases use/control of Inuyama castle.
• Kubota Beisen and Kôno Bairei organize the "Exhibition of New and Old Art," the first major competitive art competition in Kyoto.
• The Imperial family takes command of Nagoya castle, up until then used by the Imperial army, and repurposes it as a detached palace.
• The Fourth Domestic Exposition is held.
• Sino-Japanese War ends in Japanese victory.

Births and Deaths

• Print artist Hiratsuka Un'ichi is born.
• Nihonga painter Ikeda Yôson is born (d. 1988).
• Painter Kôno Bairei dies (b. 1844).
• Yamaguchi Naoki dies (b. 1830).

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