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==Other Events of 1889== | ==Other Events of 1889== | ||
*Buddhist missionaries first arrive in [[Hawaii]]. | *Buddhist missionaries first arrive in [[Hawaii]]. | ||
| + | *Eiffel Tower is completed for the [[Paris Exhibition of 1889]], and becomes the tallest manmade structure in the world. | ||
*Pencil drawing is replaced with brush painting in the nationwide education system. | *Pencil drawing is replaced with brush painting in the nationwide education system. | ||
**The [[Meiji Art Society]] (''Meiji Bijutsu-kai'') is founded by ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' artists as a reaction to this, and to the exclusion of Western painting from the newly established Tokyo School of Art. | **The [[Meiji Art Society]] (''Meiji Bijutsu-kai'') is founded by ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' artists as a reaction to this, and to the exclusion of Western painting from the newly established Tokyo School of Art. | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 12 August 2012
Meiji 22 (明治二十二年)
Timeline of 1889
- 1889/1/14 A new portrait of Emperor Meiji is sketched by Edoardo Chiossone, on account of the emperor's refusal to be photographed.
- 1889/2/18 Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkô ("Tokyo School of Art") is founded.
- 1889/11/21 Kabuki-za opens.
Other Events of 1889
- Buddhist missionaries first arrive in Hawaii.
- Eiffel Tower is completed for the Paris Exhibition of 1889, and becomes the tallest manmade structure in the world.
- Pencil drawing is replaced with brush painting in the nationwide education system.
- The Meiji Art Society (Meiji Bijutsu-kai) is founded by yôga artists as a reaction to this, and to the exclusion of Western painting from the newly established Tokyo School of Art.
- The Meiji Constitution is promulgated.
- Playing card company Nintendo is founded.
- Yôga artist Yamamoto Hôsui opens his painting school, the Seikôkan.
Births and Deaths
- Painter Hirai Baisen is born (d. 1969).
- Kawanabe Kyôsai dies (b. 1831).
- Yanagi Sôetsu is born (d. 1961).
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