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==Timeline of 1887==
==Timeline of 1887==
+*1887/1/25-2/24 The [[Meiji Emperor]] travels to Kyoto to pay his respects at his father's tomb, on the 20th anniversary of [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei's]] death.
+*1887/spring [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] holds a masked ball at his private residence in which he dresses as a Venetian doge; many misrepresent this as having taken place at the [[Rokumeikan]].
+*1887/summer - Negotiations led by [[Inoue Kaoru]] with representatives of the Western powers over the revision of the [[Unequal Treaties]] are called off, after rumors of concessions offered by Inoue leak and are widely criticized within Japan.
+*1887/9 Inoue Kaoru resigns.
+*1887/11/8-12/17 [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] [[Mori Arinori]] and [[Prime Minister]] [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] undertake an official inspection tour of [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]] and [[Okinawa prefecture]], accompanied by ''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]].
==Other Events of 1887==
==Other Events of 1887==
−*[[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] [[Mori Arinori]] and [[Prime Minister]] [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] pay an official visit to [[Okinawa prefecture]], accompanied by ''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]].
+*[[Bayonet Constitution]] is proclaimed in Hawaii.
+*China cedes [[Macao]] to Portugal; previously under Chinese jurisdiction, the city now formally becomes a Portuguese colony.
+*The [[Ministry of Education]] donates several dozen Japanese artifacts, including 25 Okinawan objects, to the [[Smithsonian Institution]], as part of an agreement between the Smithsonian and [[Kuki Ryuichi|Kuki Ryûichi]], Japanese ambassador to the United States.
+*The [[Ryuchi-kai|Ryûchi-kai]] is reorganized as the [[Japan Art Association]] (''Nihon Bijutsu Kyôkai'').
*[[Shiga Shigetaka]]'s ''[[Nanyojiji|Nan'yôjiji]]'' ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
*[[Shiga Shigetaka]]'s ''[[Nanyojiji|Nan'yôjiji]]'' ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' ceases publication.
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' ceases publication.
+*[[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]] is held in London, with [[Prince Komatsu]] and other members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance. Prince Komatsu confers the Grand Star of the Chrysanthemum upon the [[King Edward VII|Prince of Wales]].
+*''Issei'' (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in [[Hawaii]]; this is not lifted until 1952.
+*The Methodist Rev. [[Miyama Kanichi]] establishes the first Christian Mission for Japanese in Hawaii.
+*The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, [[textiles|textile]] producers, and the like, including [[Iida Shinshichi III]] of [[Takashimaya]] and [[Kawashima Jinbei II]], to produce works for decorating the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]].
+*[[Peace Preservation Law]] is enacted.
+*''Yôga'' painters [[Harada Naojiro|Harada Naojirô]] and Yamamoto Hôsui return from studying in Europe.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Ruth Benedict]] is born (d. 1948).
*[[Ruth Benedict]] is born (d. 1948).
+*Painter [[Hyakutake Kenko|Hyakutake Kenkô]] dies (b. [[1842]]).
+*Ryukyuan painter [[Nishime Seiraku]] is born (d. 1922).
+*Architect [[Watanabe Hitoshi]] is born (d. 1973).
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