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| ==Timeline of 1882== | | ==Timeline of 1882== |
| + | *1882/1/4 An [[Imperial Rescript to the Military]] is issued. |
| + | *1882/1/14 In a letter to King [[Kalakaua]] of [[Hawaii]], [[Prince Yamashina Sadamaro]] gently rejects the king's suggestion that he wed the Hawaiian [[Princess Kaiulani]]. |
| + | *1882/1/22 In a letter to King Kalakaua of Hawaii, [[Emperor Meiji]] humbly rejects the Hawaiian's suggestion to form a federation of Asiatic [and Pacific] nations under Japan's leadership, but expresses hopes that such a Union may be formed in the future. |
| + | *1882/7 [[Jingo Uprising]] in Korea includes anti-Japanese riots. Rioters attack the Japanese legation in Seoul, and Japanese ambassador [[Hanabusa Yoshitada]] flees. A number of Japanese are killed. |
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| ==Other Events of 1882== | | ==Other Events of 1882== |
− | *Five Okinawan students - [[Ota Chofu|Ôta Chôfu]], [[Jahana Noboru]], [[Takamine Chokyo|Takamine Chôkyô]], [[Nakijin Choban|Nakijin Chôban]] and [[Kishimoto Gasho|Kishimoto Gashô]] - are sent to [[Tokyo]] as the first prefectural scholarship students. | + | *US President Chester A. Arthur signs into law the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]]. |
| + | *[[William Sturgis Bigelow]] arrives in Japan. |
| + | *[[Hanoi]] falls to the French. |
| + | *Foreign Minister [[Inoue Kaoru]] enters into negotiations with representatives of the Western powers over the revision of the [[Unequal Treaties]]. These negotiations continue until [[1887]], when they fall through. |
| + | *[[Robert Walker Irwin]] becomes the representative of Hawaii's Bureau of Immigration in Japan. |
| + | *[[M. Iwaya]] begins manufacturing cigarettes in Tokyo, marking the beginning of the shift from ''[[kiseru]]'' (and other smoking pipes) to cigarettes. |
| + | *[[John Kapena]] travels to Japan to deliver an official invitation to the coronation of King Kalakaua of Hawaii. |
| + | *The [[Kongo school|Kongô school]] of [[Noh]] publishes its first ''[[utai-bon]]''. |
| + | *[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] returns to Japan for a number of months, and then returns to the US. |
| + | *Five Okinawan students - [[Ota Chofu|Ôta Chôfu]], [[Jahana Noboru]], [[Takamine Chokyo|Takamine Chôkyô]], [[Nakijin Choshin|Nakijin Chôshin]]<!--今帰仁朝審--> and [[Kishimoto Gasho|Kishimoto Gashô]] - are sent to [[Tokyo]] as the first prefectural scholarship students. |
| + | *Taxes in [[Okinawa Prefecture]] traditionally paid in salt or rice are now permitted to be paid in cash; sugar taxes continue to be paid "in kind." |
| + | *[[State Shinto]] is officially separated from [[Sect Shinto]]. |
| + | *Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the US and Korea is signed. |
| + | *The second YMCA in Japan opens in Osaka. |
| + | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' (Western-style paintings) are banned from the [[Teiten]] (Imperial Art Exhibitions). |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *Charles Darwin dies (b. [[1809]]). |
| + | *[[Antonio Fontanesi]] dies (b. [[1818]]). |
| + | *Painter [[Hasegawa Settei]] dies (b. [[1819]]). |
| + | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Ishii Hakutei]] is born (d. 1958). |
| + | *''[[Kyogen|Kyôgen]]'' master [[Sagi Den'emon X]] commits ''[[seppuku]]'' in his home in [[Tokyo]]. |
| *[[Yamamoto Kanae]], pioneer of the ''[[sosaku hanga|sôsaku hanga]]'' movement, is born (d. 1946). | | *[[Yamamoto Kanae]], pioneer of the ''[[sosaku hanga|sôsaku hanga]]'' movement, is born (d. 1946). |
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