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Meiji 43 (明治四十三年)

==Timeline of 1910==
*1910/1/6 Two thousand [[sakura|cherry trees]] are delivered to Washington DC. They are found to be infested with nematodes, and it is decided they must be destroyed. Plans are made to send a second, larger, shipment in [[1912]].
*1910/4 The first issue of ''[[Shirakaba]]'' is published.
*1910/4 An Okinawan [[prefectural shrine]] is first proposed.
*1910/8/12 [[Korea]] is formally annexed, after having been a protectorate since [[1905]].

==Other Events of 1910==
*The fourth [[Bunten]] is held.
*The films ''Gishi Meimei Den [[Oishi Kuranosuke|Ôishi Kuranosuke]]'' and ''Ôishi Kuranosuke Ichidaiki'' are released.
*The Okinawa Prefectural Library is established, with [[Iha Fuyu|Iha Fuyû]] as its first director.
*The [[Imperial Japanese Army]] publishes a History of Warfare in Japan.
*[[Japan-British Exhibition]] is held at White City, in London.
**[[Tomita Kojiro|Tomita Kôjirô]] serves as one of the representatives of Japan.
*[[John Carey Hall]] publishes ''The Tokugawa Legislation'', a translation of the ''[[buke shohatto]]''.
*[[Kanazawa Shozaburo|Kanazawa Shôzaburô]] argues the [[Korean language]] to be a lost dialect of [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
*It is decided that the Southern Court had been the legitimate Imperial Court during the [[Nanboku-cho|Nanboku-chô period]].
*The head of [[Shimizu Muneharu]] is moved from its burial site on Mt. Ishii to a site at nearby [[Takamatsu castle]].
*[[Takamura Kotaro|Takamura Kôtarô's]] famous essay "''[[Midori iro no taiyo|Midori iro no taiyô]]''" ("The Green Sun") is first published, in the magazine ''Subaru''.
*[[Tanizaki Junichiro|Tanizaki Jun'ichirô's]] short story "[[Tattoo (short story)|Tattoo]]" (''Shisei'') is published.
*[[Yanagita Kunio]] publishes ''[[Tales of Tono|Tales of Tôno]]''.

===Births and Deaths===
*1910/9/17 [[Toyama Kyuzo|Tôyama Kyûzô]] dies in [[Yonabaru]].
*1910/9/25 [[Kumebe Masachika]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] dies (b. [[1841]]).
*1910/10/15 [[Edwin O. Reischauer]] is born (d. 1990).
*[[An Jung-geun]], assassin of [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]], is executed (b. [[1879]]).
*Former shogunate official [[Go Junzo|Gô Junzô]] dies (b. [[1825]]).
*[[Clothing|Kimono]] dealer [[Kawashima Jinbei II]] dies (b. [[1853]]).
*[[Robert van Gulik]], ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' collector and author of Judge Dee stories, is born (d. 1967).
*[[Yamano Yasohachi]] of the Shinsegumi dies (b. [[1841]]).

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