1913

Taishô 2 (大正二年)

Other Events of 1913

• California imposes restrictions on Japanese ownership of land.
• Construction is completed at Akarenga sôko in Yokohama.
• The House of Peers passes a resolution allowing for the construction of what will later become Meiji Shrine (completed 1920).
• Japan Society (New York) obtains its first headquarters and is formally incorporated as an organization.
• Publication of a moveable type version of the Tsûkô ichiran, begun the previous year, is completed.
• Sophia University is established.
• Tapgol Park in Seoul is formally opened to the public.
• Tôgô Heihachirô is named fleet admiral (gensui).
• Tokutomi Sohô writes his Jimmu ikkagen.
• Yamamoto Gonnohyôe is named Prime Minister.
• Yamauchi Seihin interviews Kokuba Kôken and creates the only written records of musical notation for uzagaku music.

Births and Deaths

• 1913/7/10 Hayashi Tadasu dies (b. 1850).
• 1913/9/2 Okakura Kakuzô dies (b. 1863).
• Erwin von Baelz dies (b. 1849).
• Katsura Tarô dies (b. 1847).
• Painter Okuhara Seiko dies (b. 1837).
• Painter Sakai Dôitsu dies (b. 1845).
• Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu dies (b. 1837).
• Tsuboi Shôgorô dies (b. 1863).

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