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*The third [[Bunten]] is held. | *The third [[Bunten]] is held. | ||
*The first [[elections|election]] of representatives to the [[Okinawa prefecture|Okinawan prefectural]] assembly 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. | *[[Ise Shrine]] is rebuilt. | ||
*[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] retires from working at schools. | *[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] retires from working at schools. | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 23 December 2010
Meiji 42 (明治四十二年)
Timeline of 1909
- 1909/2 Yanagita Kunio collects stories from Sasaki Kizen which will later form his Tales of Tôno, published 1910.
Other Events of 1909
- The government runs out of land to give to Ainu, promised 5 chô per household by the 1899 Former Natives Protection Law.
- The Akasaka Detached Palace is completed.
- The third Bunten is held.
- The first election of representatives to the Okinawan prefectural assembly is held.
- The Hyôkeikan at the Tokyo National Museum, designed by Katayama Tôkuma, is dedicated.
- Ise Shrine is rebuilt.
- Saitô Hajime retires from working at schools.
- Shôchiku buys out the Morita-za.
- Shuri Ward buys the land constituting the grounds of Shuri castle from the central government.
- Tomita Kôjirô is hired by Okakura Kakuzô to aid in research and translation efforts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- Yukatchu in Ryûkyû cease receiving government stipends.
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