1900
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Meiji 33 (明治三十三年)
Timeline of 1900
- 1900/1/13-30 The first (modern-style) public exhibition of work by Hokusai to be held in Japan takes place at Ueno Park in Tokyo.
- 1900/4/14 Paris World's Fair, at which Japan exhibits, opens.
Other Events of 1900
- Itagaki Taisuke retires from government.
- Nitobe Inazô publishes his Bushido: The Soul of Japan.
- Shuri Ward buys the buildings constituting Shuri castle from the Home Ministry, and is permitted to lease the land (the castle grounds) for a thirty-year period.
- Taiwan Banjin Jijô by Inô Kanori and Awano Dennojô, the first extensive study of Taiwanese aborigines, is published.
Births and Deaths
- 1900/3/9 Kojima Shikanosuke dies (b. 1830).
- 1900/3/20 Former Shinsengumi Corporal Shimada Kai dies (b. 1828).
- 1900/8/25 Former Prime Minister Kuroda Kiyotaka dies (b. 1840).
- Iwao Seiichi, Japanese historian, is born (d. 1997).
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