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*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] returns to Japan for a number of months, and then returns to the US. | *[[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 Choban|Nakijin Chôban]] and [[Kishimoto Gasho|Kishimoto Gashô]] - are sent to [[Tokyo]] as the first prefectural scholarship students. | *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. | ||
| + | *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." | ||
===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
Revision as of 10:44, 13 November 2012
Meiji 15 (明治十五年)
Timeline of 1882
- 1882/1/14 In a letter to King Kalakaua of Hawaii, Prince Komatsu Akihito 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.
Other Events of 1882
- William Sturgis Bigelow arrives in Japan.
- Robert 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 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 - Ôta Chôfu, Jahana Noboru, Takamine Chôkyô, Nakijin Chôban and 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."
Births and Deaths
- Yamamoto Kanae, pioneer of the sôsaku hanga movement, is born (d. 1946).
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