1887
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Meiji 20 (明治二十年)
Timeline of 1887
Other Events of 1887
- Minister of Education Mori Arinori and Prime Minister Itô Hirobumi pay an official visit to Okinawa prefecture, accompanied by Nihonga painter Yamamoto Hôsui.
- The Ryûchi-kai is reorganized as the Japan Art Association (Nihon Bijutsu Kyôkai).
- Shiga Shigetaka's Nan'yôjiji ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
- Charles Wirgman's Japan Punch ceases publication.
- Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee is held in London, with members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance.
- Issei (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in Hawaii; this is not lifted until 1952.
- Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity.
- The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, textile producers, and the like, including Iida Shinshichi III of Takashimaya and Kawashima Jinbei II, to produce works for decorating the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Births and Deaths
- Ruth Benedict is born (d. 1948).
- Ryukyuan painter Nishime Seiraku is born (d. 1922).
- Architect Watanabe Hitoshi is born (d. 1973).
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