1904

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Meiji 37 (明治三十七年)

Timeline of 1904

Russo-Japanese War

Other Events of 1904

  • Giacomo Puccini composes Madame Butterfly.
  • George Sansom first begins serving in Japan as an advisor and representative of the United Kingdom.
  • Shô Jun is elected to the House of Peers.
  • The Awakening of Japan, by Okakura Kakuzô, is published.
  • Torii Ryûzô travels to Okinawa for the second time for research.
  • Two hundred and twenty three Okinawans leave for Mexico, the first Okinawan emigrants to journey to Latin America. 360 Okinawans leave to settle in the Philippines.
  • Female shamans, or yuta, are suppressed in Okinawa.

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