1887
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.
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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