Difference between revisions of "1899"

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Meiji 32 (明治三十二年)

A Former Natives Protection Law seeks to remedy the Ainu's rapid loss of land and resources to Japanese colonists and others. The Law provides land to Ainu, along with seeds, tools, and other materials, forbidding this land from being sold without official authorizations. Ainu are mandated to farm this land, and their financial assets are seized by the government, to be used to protect or otherwise benefit the Ainu as the government sees fit.
Ise Shrine is rebuilt.
The first Japanese Citizenship Law is passed, formally establishing Japanese citizenship and the conditions for naturalization.
The journal Kokka is established.
Kutsuna Korejirô founds the Kawamata Silk Refining Company.
Li Honzhang becomes governor-general in Canton.
The Okinawa Prefecture Land Reorganization Project converts much communal land in Okinawa into private land, and replaces the complex system of taxes formerly paid in various forms (grain, etc.) by farmers to the Ryukyuan royal government with a single monetary land tax paid to the prefectural government.
Shuri Ward petitions the central government for ownership/control of the Shuri castle grounds so that the castle can be restored and maintained, and so that the grounds can be put to use as a public park. The petition is denied.
Tattooing is banned in Okinawa.
Torii Shinjirô establishes Torii Shôten, the predecessor to the Suntory Beverage Company.

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 *[[Kutsuna Korejiro|Kutsuna Korejirô]] founds the [[Kawamata Silk Refining Company]].
 *[[Li Honzhang]] becomes governor-general in [[Guangzhou|Canton]].
-*The [[Okinawa Prefecture Land Reorganization Law]]<!--沖縄県土地整理法--> converts much communal land in Okinawa into private land, and replaces the complex system of taxes formerly paid in various forms (grain, etc.) by farmers to the Ryukyuan royal government with a single monetary land tax paid to the prefectural government.
+*The [[Okinawa Prefecture Land Reorganization Project]]<!--沖縄県土地整理法--> converts much communal land in Okinawa into private land, and replaces the complex system of taxes formerly paid in various forms (grain, etc.) by farmers to the Ryukyuan royal government with a single monetary land tax paid to the prefectural government.
 *[[Shuri]] Ward petitions the central government for ownership/control of the [[Shuri castle]] grounds so that the castle can be restored and maintained, and so that the grounds can be put to use as a public park. The petition is denied.
 *[[Tattooing]] is banned in Okinawa.