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*Former Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] moves to Tokyo.
 
*Former Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] moves to Tokyo.
 
*[[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] visits Okinawa for the first time, to investigate local customs.
 
*[[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] visits Okinawa for the first time, to investigate local customs.
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*Second Venice Biennale enforces strict guidelines on what counts as "contemporary pure art." All Japanese art in traditional formats is deemed "applied arts," and is excluded from the exhibition.
  
 
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===

Revision as of 23:20, 22 July 2016

Meiji 30 (明治三十年)

Timeline of 1897

  • 1897/11/1 Juye Incident in China - Bandits kill two German missionaries, sparking the beginning of a Scramble for Concessions, as Germany (in retaliation), and then Russia, Britain, France, and Japan (seeking to not lose out to Germany), seize territories or otherwise establish spheres of influence in China.

Other Events of 1897

Births and Deaths

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