1910

Meiji 43 (明治四十三年)

Timeline of 1910

1910/4 The first issue of Shirakaba is published.
1910/4 An Okinawan prefectural shrine is first proposed.
1910/8/12 Korea is formally annexed, after having been a protectorate since 1905.

The fourth Bunten is held.
The films Gishi Meimei Den Ôishi Kuranosuke and Ôishi Kuranosuke Ichidaiki are released.
The Okinawa Prefectural Library is established, with Iha Fuyû as its first director.
The Imperial Japanese Army publishes a History of Warfare in Japan.
Japan-British Exhibition is held at White City, in London.
- Tomita Kôjirô serves as one of the representatives of Japan.
John Carey Hall publishes The Tokugawa Legislation, a translation of the buke shohatto.
Kanazawa Shôzaburô argues the Korean language to be a lost dialect of Japanese.
It is decided that the Southern Court had been the legitimate Imperial Court during the Nanboku-chô period.
The head of Shimizu Muneharu is moved from its burial site on Mt. Ishii to a site at nearby Takamatsu castle.
Takamura Kôtarô's famous essay "Midori iro no taiyô" ("The Green Sun") is first published, in the magazine Subaru.
Tanizaki Jun'ichirô's short story "Tattoo" (Shisei) is published.
Yanagita Kunio publishes Tales of Tôno.

1910/9/25 Kumebe Masachika of the Shinsengumi dies (b. 1841).
1910/10/15 Edwin O. Reischauer is born (d. 1990).
An Jung-geun, assassin of Itô Hirobumi, is executed (b. 1879).
Former shogunate official Gô Junzô dies (b. 1825).
Kimono dealer Kawashima Jinbei II dies (b. 1853).
Robert van Gulik, ukiyo-e collector and author of Judge Dee stories, is born (d. 1967).
Yamano Yasohachi of the Shinsegumi dies (b. 1841).

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