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*[[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]] is held in London, with members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance. | *[[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]] is held in London, with members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance. | ||
*''Issei'' (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in [[Hawaii]]; this is not lifted until 1952. | *''Issei'' (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in [[Hawaii]]; this is not lifted until 1952. | ||
| + | *Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity. | ||
===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
Revision as of 02:08, 24 December 2011
Meiji 20 (明治二十年)
Timeline of 1887
Other Events of 1887
- Minister of Education Mori Arinori and Prime Minister Itô Hirobumi pay an official visit to Okinawa prefecture, accompanied by Nihonga painter Yamamoto Hôsui.
- The Ryûchi-kai is reorganized as the Japan Art Association (Nihon Bijutsu Kyôkai).
- Shiga Shigetaka's Nan'yôjiji ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
- Charles Wirgman's Japan Punch ceases publication.
- Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee is held in London, with members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance.
- Issei (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in Hawaii; this is not lifted until 1952.
- Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity.
Births and Deaths
- Ruth Benedict is born (d. 1948).
- Ryukyuan painter Nishime Seiraku is born (d. 1922).
- Architect Watanabe Hitoshi is born (d. 1973).
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