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Meiji 16 (明治十六年)

==Timeline of 1883==
*1883/7 The [[Rokumeikan]], designed by [[Josiah Conder]], is completed.
*1883/11/28 The Rokumeikan is officially opened.

==Other Events of 1883==
*[[Bunkio Matsuki]] opens the first Japanese store in Boston, Massachusetts, and builds the first Japanese house in Salem, Massachusetts.
*The third issue of ''Dainihon bijutsu shinpô'' uses the term ''[[Nihonga]]'', marking the beginning of standard use of the term, particularly in describing works in traditional media (ink and mineral colors) as contrasted against ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' - Western-style works in oils.
*[[Electricity]] first becomes available to private commercial establishments.
*[[Lucius Foote]], the first US Ambassador to Korea, arrives in Korea.
*A Japanese delegation including [[Nagasaki Seigo]], [[Sugi Magoshichiro|Sugi Magoshichirô]], and [[Ishibashi Masakata]], attends the coronation of King [[Kalakaua]] of [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Hawaii]], and establishes a permanent consulate there.
*Krakatoa erupts in Indonesia, spewing ash into the atmosphere which has effects worldwide, affecting the color of the sky, climate/weather, etc.
*[[Percival Lowell]] accompanies the first Korean embassies to Western countries; in return, he is invited to spend three months at the court of [[Emperor Gojong]].
*The [[military conscription]] law is revised, with an expansion of army & naval expenditures, in preparation, according to [[Yamagata Aritomo]], for war on the continent.
*Representatives of Japan attend the coronation of King [[Kalakaua]] of [[Hawaii]].
*The [[Sino-French War]] breaks out.
*The [[Technical Art School]] in Tokyo is closed down.
*[[Uesugi Mochinori]] is succeeded as Governor of [[Okinawa Prefecture]] by [[Iwamura Michitoshi]].
*[[Zensho-an]] temple is established for the souls of those killed in the [[Meiji Restoration]].

===Births and Deaths===
*1883/1/1 [[Hatoyama Ichiro|Hatoyama Ichirô]], future Prime Minister of Japan, born (d. 1959).
*1883/2/15 [[Prince Kacho Hiroatsu]] dies (b. [[1875]]) 
*1883/4/11 [[Hozumi Shigeto]], author, born (d. 1951).
*1883/11/12 [[Atsu-hime]], wife of [[Tokugawa Iesada]], dies (b. [[1836]]).
*1883/12/14 [[Ueshiba Morihei]], founder of [[aikido]], born (d. 1969).
*''[[Nihonga]]'' artist [[Hashimoto Kansetsu]] is born (d. 1945).
*[[Iwakura Tomomi]] dies (b. [[1825]]).
*''[[Shin hanga]]'' artist [[Kawase Hasui]] is born (d. 1957).
*[[Kita Ikki]] is born (d. 1937).
*[[George Sansom]], historian of Japan, born (d. 1965).
*Artist [[Takamura Kotaro|Takamura Kôtarô]] is born (d. 1956).

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