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==Timeline of 1903==
==Timeline of 1903==
+*1903/1/13 The first Korean immigrants to Hawaii arrive there.
+*1903/3/15 Forty-five people from [[Kin Village]], Okinawa, leave Naha for Honolulu, led by [[Toyama Kyuzo|Tôyama Kyûzô]].
+*1903/4/6 The second group of Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii arrives in Honolulu.
+*1903/4/20 The fifth [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] in Osaka opens.
*1903/5 [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] appears on stage for the last time.
*1903/5 [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] appears on stage for the last time.
==Other Events of 1903==
==Other Events of 1903==
+*The [[Denkikan]], the first theatre in Japan to be built explicitly for the purpose of showing films, opens in [[Asakusa]]'s [[Asakusa Rokku]] entertainment district, on [[Chinsekai]]<!--珍世界--> Street.
+*''[[The Early Institutional Life of Japan|The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D.]]'', by [[Asakawa Kan'ichi]], is published.
*Japan is officially recognized by the international community as an independent sovereign state under international law, as the result of a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
*Japan is officially recognized by the international community as an independent sovereign state under international law, as the result of a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
−*Russia promises to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, in the wake of the [[Boxer Rebellion]], but does not do so.
+*[[Iha Fuyu|Iha Fuyû]] enters the Linguistics Dept of [[Tokyo University]], where he specializes in studying the [[Okinawan language]] and the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''.
*Land reforms in [[Okinawa prefecture]] end the paying of taxes in kind, implementing a modern strictly monetary system of taxation.
*Land reforms in [[Okinawa prefecture]] end the paying of taxes in kind, implementing a modern strictly monetary system of taxation.
*[[James Murdoch]]'s ''[[History of Japan]]'' is published.
*[[James Murdoch]]'s ''[[History of Japan]]'' is published.
*''[[The Ideals of the East]]'', by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]], is published.
*''[[The Ideals of the East]]'', by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]], is published.
+*Poll tax in [[Okinawa prefecture]] is ended.
*''[[Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]]'' is published.
*''[[Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America]]'' is published.
−*''[[The Early Institutional Life of Japan|The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D.]]'', by [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]], is published.
+*Russia promises to withdraw its troops from Manchuria, in the wake of the [[Boxer Rebellion]], but does not do so.
+*Construction is completed on the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] (begun [[1891]]).
+*[[Yokoyama Taikan]] visits India.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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*1903/9/13 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX dies (b. [[1838]]).
*1903/9/13 Ichikawa Danjûrô IX dies (b. [[1838]]).
*Print artist [[Munakata Shiko|Munakata Shikô]] is born (d. 1975).
*Print artist [[Munakata Shiko|Munakata Shikô]] is born (d. 1975).
+*Filmmaker [[Ozu Yasujiro|Ozu Yasujirô]] is born (d. 1963).
+*Composer [[Taki Rentaro|Taki Rentarô]] dies of tuberculosis at age 23.
*[[Yagi Gennojo|Yagi Gennojô]] dies (b. [[1814]]).
*[[Yagi Gennojo|Yagi Gennojô]] dies (b. [[1814]]).
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