1898

Meiji 31 (明治三十一年)

Timeline of 1898

• 1898/1/20 Gensuifu codes
• 1898/2/10 Tomioka silk mill laborers strike.
• 1898/2/24 Nippon Railway laborers strike.
• 1898/4/25 Nishi-Rosen Agreement
• 1898/6/30 Okuma Shigenobu ministry.
• 1898/8/1 Toyoda Sakichi gets patent for his weaving machine.
• 1898/10/15 Nihon Kaiga Kyôkai (Japan Painting Association) becomes the Nihon Bijutsu-in (Japan Art Institute).
• 1898/10/31 Okuma ministry resigns.
• 1898/11/5 Yamagata Aritomo assumes office as Prime Minister for the second time.
• 1898/12/18 Saigô Takamori statue in Ueno unveiling ceremony.

Other Events of 1898

• Leap years are established in Japan.
• Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in Japan.
• Merriman Harris is awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class.
• Military conscription is implemented in Okinawa prefecture.
• Nihon Kaiga Kyôkai (Japan Painting Association) becomes the Nihon Bijutsu-in (Japan Art Institute).
• Saigô Tsugumichi becomes fleet admiral.

Births and Deaths

• 1898/3/21 Painter Nakamura Daizaburô is born (d. 1947).
• Edoardo Chiossone dies (b. 1833).
• Shin hanga artist Ito Shinsui is born (d. 1972).
• Yamakawa Hiroshi dies (b. 1845).

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