1886
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Meiji 19 (明治十九年)
Timeline of 1886
Other Events of 1886
- Bunkio Matsuki leaves for China.
- Three prefectures are combined to form Hokkaidô-chô, or "The Department of Hokkaidô."
- The Japanese Red Cross is established.
- Merriman Harris returns home to San Francisco, after nearly 20 years in Japan.
- Mutsu Hirokichi leaves for England, and begins his studies at Temple College in London.
- Mutsu Munemitsu is appointed to a diplomatic post after a journey to Europe.
- Repair efforts are completed at Nijô castle.
- Okakura Kakuzô accompanies Ernest Fenollosa on a one-year art tour of the US and Europe.
- The Tokyo Anthropology Society is founded.
Births and Deaths
- Daguerrotypist and member of the Perry Expedition Eliphalet Brown Jr. dies (b. 1816).
- Shin hanga artist Natori Shunsen is born (d. 1969).
- Author Tanizaki Jun'ichirô is born (d. 1965).
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