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Meiji 43 (明治四十三年)

1910/1/6 Two thousand 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.
1910/5/14-10/29 Japan-British Exhibition is held at White City, in London.
1910/8/12 Korea is formally annexed, after having been a protectorate since 1905.

Angel Island Immigration Station is established in San Francisco.
The fourth Bunten is held.
The films Gishi Meimei Den Ôishi Kuranosuke and Ôishi Kuranosuke Ichidaiki are released.
The Okinawa Prefectural Library is established, with Iha Fuyû as its first director.
The Imperial Japanese Army publishes a History of Warfare in Japan.
John Carey Hall publishes The Tokugawa Legislation, a translation of the buke shohatto.
Kanazawa Shôzaburô argues the Korean language to be a lost dialect of Japanese.
Kôtoku Incident - Police arrest a group of people accused of plotting to assassinate the Meiji Emperor.
It is decided that the Southern Court had been the legitimate Imperial Court during the 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 Kôtarô's famous essay "Midori iro no taiyô" ("The Green Sun") is first published, in the magazine Subaru.
Tanizaki Jun'ichirô's short story "Tattoo" (Shisei) is published.
Yanagita Kunio publishes Tales of Tôno.

1910/9/17 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 Itô Hirobumi, is executed (b. 1879).
Former shogunate official Gô Junzô dies (b. 1825).
Kimono dealer Kawashima Jinbei II dies (b. 1853).
Filmmaker Kurosawa Akira is born (d. 1998).
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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 *1910/4 An Okinawan [[prefectural shrine]] is first proposed.
 *1910/5/14-10/29 [[Japan-British Exhibition]] is held at White City, in London.
-**[[Tomita Kojiro|Tomita Kôjirô]] serves as one of the representatives of Japan, and a model of the [[Taitokuin Mausoleum]] is shown alongside thirteen other models of Japanese architecture.
 *1910/8/12 [[Korea]] is formally annexed, after having been a protectorate since [[1905]].