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==Timeline of 1909==
==Timeline of 1909==
*1909/2 [[Yanagita Kunio]] collects stories from [[Sasaki Kizen]] which will later form his ''[[Tales of Tono|Tales of Tôno]]'', published [[1910]].
*1909/2 [[Yanagita Kunio]] collects stories from [[Sasaki Kizen]] which will later form his ''[[Tales of Tono|Tales of Tôno]]'', published [[1910]].
*1909/6 The [[Akasaka Detached Palace]] is completed.
==Other Events of 1909==
==Other Events of 1909==
*The [[Akasaka Detached Palace]] is completed.
*The government runs out of land to give to [[Ainu]], promised 5 ''[[cho|chô]]'' per household by the [[1899]] [[Former Natives Protection Law]].
*"Mainland" system of democratic prefectural governance is extended to [[Okinawa prefecture]].
*The third [[Bunten]] is held.
*The first [[elections|election]] of representatives to the [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawan prefectural]] assembly is held.
*The Hyôkeikan at the [[Tokyo National Museum]], designed by [[Katayama Tokuma|Katayama Tôkuma]], is dedicated.
*[[Ise Shrine]] is rebuilt.
*The [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] court implements a new policy of ''jus sanguinis'' citizenship, the first formal legal definition of Chinese (vs. non-Chinese) nationality.
*[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] retires from working at schools.
*[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] retires from working at schools.
*[[Shochiku|Shôchiku]] buys out the [[Morita-za]].
*[[Shochiku|Shôchiku]] buys out the [[Morita-za]].
*[[Shuri]] Ward buys the land constituting the grounds of [[Shuri castle]] from the central government.
*[[Tomita Kojiro|Tomita Kôjirô]] is hired by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]] to aid in research and translation efforts at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].
*[[Tomita Kojiro|Tomita Kôjirô]] is hired by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]] to aid in research and translation efforts at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].
*''[[Yukatchu]]'' in Ryûkyû cease receiving government stipends.
*''[[Yukatchu]]'' in Ryûkyû cease receiving government stipends.
*The complete works of [[Zeami]] are published for the first time.
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] is killed (b. [[1841]]).
*The [[Guangxu Emperor]] dies.
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