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==Timeline of 1890==
==Timeline of 1890==
*1890/4/1 The third [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] opens in [[Ueno Park]].
*1890/6/10 Third Domestic Industrial Exposition closes.
==Other Events of 1890==
==Other Events of 1890==
*The first prefectural, and national, [[elections]] are held.
*[[Ernest Fenollosa]] returns to the United States.
*The first gallery/museum-style exhibition of [[Hokusai]]'s work to be held ever, is organized by the Fine Arts Society of London.
*The [[Imperial Diet]] holds its first sessions.
*The [[Imperial Hotel]], located next to the [[Rokumeikan]] and financed by [[Shibusawa Eiichi]], [[Okura Kihachiro|Ôkura Kihachirô]], and [[Iwasaki Yanosuke]], opens.
*The [[Imperial Rescript on Education]] is promulgated.
*The [[Japan Art Association]] exhibition includes nine works by six Okinawan artists.
*The [[Japanese Red Cross Central Hospital]], an important example of [[Meiji architecture]], designed by a team under [[Katayama Tokuma|Katayama Tôkuma]], is completed.
*[[Kabuki]] ''[[hyobanki|hyôbanki]]'' cease to be published regularly.
*[[Kabuki]] ''[[hyobanki|hyôbanki]]'' cease to be published regularly.
*[[Kubota Beisen]] and [[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] found the [[Kyoto Art Association]].
*[[Lake Biwa]] canal is completed.
*[[Bunkio Matsuki]] graduates from Salem High School, in Massachusetts.
*[[Bunkio Matsuki]] graduates from Salem High School, in Massachusetts.
*[[Naminoue Shrine]] is formally named a [[Shinto shrine]], incorporated into the national system of shrines, and designated as the shrine for the protection of the tranquility of all Okinawa (沖縄総鎮守社, ''Okinawa sôchinshu sha'').
*[[Naminoue Shrine]] is formally named a [[Shinto shrine]], incorporated into the national system of shrines, and designated as the shrine for the protection of the tranquility of all Okinawa (沖縄総鎮守社, ''Okinawa sôchinshu sha'').
*[[Prince Arthur (1850-1942)|Prince Arthur]], Duke of Connaught, visits Japan along with his duchess, on personal travels.
*[[Ryounkaku|Ryôunkaku]], also known as "Asakusa ''Jûnikai''", Japan's first modern skyscraper, is completed and opened.
*[[Tazaki Soun|Tazaki Sôun]], [[Mori Kansai]], [[Kano Tatsunobu|Kanô Eitoku Tatsunobu]], [[Morizumi Tsurana]], [[Hashimoto Gaho|Hashimoto Gahô]], [[Shibata Zeshin]], and [[Takamura Koun|Takamura Kôun]], along with several craftsmen, are selected to become the first [[Imperial Household Artists]] (''Teishitsu gigeiin'').
*[[Yamaguchi Naoki]] is interviewed by the ''[[Kyuji Shimonkai|Kyûji Shimonkai]]'' about his life in the [[Bakumatsu period]].
*[[Yamaguchi Naoki]] is interviewed by the ''[[Kyuji Shimonkai|Kyûji Shimonkai]]'' about his life in the [[Bakumatsu period]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1890/7/15 Okinawan historian [[Nakahara Zenchu|Nakahara Zenchû]] is born (d. 1964).
*1890/7/15 Okinawan historian [[Nakahara Zenchu|Nakahara Zenchû]] is born (d. 1964).
*[[Kawai Kanjiro|Kawai Kanjirô]] is born (d. 1966).
*[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]] dies (b. [[1809]]).
*[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]] dies (b. [[1809]]).
*Art historian [[Tomita Kojiro|Tomita Kôjirô]] is born (d. 1976).
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