1893
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Meiji 26 (明治二十六年)
Timeline of 1893
- 1893/1/17 The Kingdom of Hawaii is overthrown in a coup led by a group of American businessmen.
- 1893/5/1 World's Columbian Exposition, at which Japan exhibits, opens in Chicago.
- The Japanese pavilion is patterned architecturally after the Byôdôin; Japanese painting is for the first time shown in the Palace of Fine Arts, where at previous World's Fairs, it was shown in the industrial crafts halls.
- 1893/7/11 Technique for artificially culturing pearls is developed by Mikimoto Kôkichi.
- 1893/10/30 World's Columbian Exposition closes.
Other Events of 1893
- A Japanese League is formed in Honolulu which presses for suffrage to be restored to the Japanese in Hawaii.
- Katsushika Hokusai den, the first biography of Hokusai, is published. It is written by Iijima Kyôshin (1841-1901).
- Kimigayo is composed.
- Kuroda Seiki returns to Japan from Europe.
- Representatives of the people of the Miyako Islands speak before the Diet, petitioning for the abolition of the poll tax, and for political representation.
- Police in the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands, mostly individuals originally from Kagoshima prefecture, who had controlled civil affairs since 1879, turn over such matters to civil authorities.
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, hosts the second ever museum exhibition of work by Hokusai (and the first in the US).
- The navy cruiser Naniwa travels to Honolulu to help protect Japanese living there.
- Ryûkyû Shimpô, the first newspaper in Okinawa, is founded.
Births and Deaths
- 1893/3/30 Sekô Kôichi, educator and politician, is born (d. 1965).
- 1893/5/15 Ichikawa Fusae, women's rights activist and politician, is born (d. 1981).
- 1893/5/25 Hamada Hirosuke, author of children's stories, is born (d. 1973).
- 1893/6/6 Terajima Munenori, shogunal vassal and Meiji politician, dies (b. 1832).
- 1893/8/12 Ichimada Hisato, politician and businessman, is born (d. 1984).
- 1893/9/8 Tsuboi Seitarô, scientist, is born (d. 1986).
- 1893/11/3 Hayakawa Tokuji, founder of Sharp Corporation, is born (d. 1980).
- 1893/12/5 Kyoto Shugo Shoku Matsudaira Katamori dies (b. 1836).
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