1904

Meiji 37 (明治三十七年)

Timeline of 1904

• 1904/4/30 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair), at which Japan exhibits, opens.
• 1904/7 Fisherman by Yamamoto Kanae, oft-cited as the first print of the sôsaku hanga movement, is published in the July issue of the art & literary magazine Myôjô.
• 1904/12/1 St. Louis World's Fair closes.

Russo-Japanese War

• 1904/2/6 Diplomatic relations are broken off with Russia.
• 1904/2/8 Russo-Japanese War begins - Battle of Port Arthur
• 1904/2/9 Battle of Chemulpo Bay
• 1904/2/10 War is officially declared.
• 1904/4/30-5/1 Battle of Yalu River
• 1904/5/2 General Nogi Maresuke captures Port Arthur.
• 1904/5/25-5/26 Battle of Nanshan
• 1904/6/14-6/15 Battle of Te-li-Ssu
• 1904/7/17 Battle of Motien Pass
• 1904/7/24-7/25 Battle of Tashihchiao
• 1904/7/31-8/1 Battle of Hsimucheng
• 1904/8/10 Battle of the Yellow Sea
• 1904/8/14 Battle of Ulsan
• 1904/8/19 Siege of Port Arthur begins (ends 1905/1/1).
• 1904/8/20 Battle of Korsakov
• 1904/8/24-9/4 Battle of Liaoyang
• 1904/10/9-10/20 Battle of Shaho
• 1904/10/15 Russian Second Pacific Squadron sets sail from the Baltic on its way to Korea.

Other Events of 1904

• Giacomo Puccini composes Madame Butterfly.
• George Sansom first begins serving in Japan as an advisor and representative of the United Kingdom.
• Shô Jun is elected to the House of Peers.
• The Awakening of Japan, by Okakura Kakuzô, is published.
• Torii Ryûzô travels to Okinawa for the second time for research.
• Two hundred and twenty three Okinawans leave for Mexico, the first Okinawan emigrants to journey to Latin America. 360 Okinawans leave to settle in the Philippines.
• Female shamans, or yuta, are suppressed in Okinawa.

Births and Deaths

• Isabella Bird dies (b. 1831).
• Artist Hashimoto Meiji is born.
• Lafcadio Hearn dies (b. 1850).
• Isamu Noguchi is born (d. 1988).
• Painter Taki Katei dies (b. 1830).

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