Difference between revisions of "1912"

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Meiji 45 (明治四十五年) / Taishô 1 (大正元年)

1912/1/1 Sun Yat-Sen takes the oath of office as the first Provisional President of the Republic of China.
1912/2/14 Yuan Shikai is elected Provisional President of the Republic of China.
1912/3/27 Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda (wife of the Japanese Ambassador to the US) plant two cherry trees on the Tidal Basin in Washington DC.

The sixth Bunten is held.
Emperor Taishô ascends to the throne.
Karafuto Shrine is established.
The film "Ôishi Azumakudari" is released.
A major exhibition of work by the sculptor Rodin is held in Tokyo.
The Battle of Tsushima Between the Japanese and Russian Fleets, fought on 27th. May 1905 by Commander Vladimir Semenoff is published.
Publication begins of the katsuji (moveable type) version of Tsûkô ichiran (pub. completed 1913).
"Mainland" system of democratic participation in electing representatives for the National Diet is extended to Okinawa prefecture.
Three thousand twenty cherry trees are shipped from Yokohama to Seattle, and then from there to Washington DC.

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 *[[Karafuto Shrine]] is established.
 *The film "[[Oishi Azumakudari|Ôishi Azumakudari]]" is released.
+*A major exhibition of work by the sculptor Rodin is held in Tokyo.
 *''The Battle of Tsushima Between the Japanese and Russian Fleets, fought on 27th. May 1905'' by Commander Vladimir Semenoff is published.
 *Publication begins of the ''katsuji'' (moveable type) version of ''[[Tsuko ichiran|Tsûkô ichiran]]'' (pub. completed 1913).