1892

Meiji 25 (明治二十五年)

Timeline of 1892

• 1892/7 Narahara Shigeru becomes the 8th Governor of Okinawa prefecture.

Other Events of 1892

• The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association calls on the 110,000 Chinese living in the United States to disobey the Geary Act, which required those of Chinese descent to carry photo-identification.
• Inuyama castle suffers extensive damage in an earthquake.
• Professor George Ladd arrives in Japan.
• Protests are held against the poll tax in the Miyako Islands.
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston obtains the Edward Sylvester Morse Collection of Japanese ceramics.
• Construction begins on the 'modern' Tokyo waterworks system.

Births and Deaths

• 1892/2/1 Novelist Shimozawa Kan is born.
• 1892/2/28 Echigo Saburô dies.
• Nihonga painter Goseda Hôryû is dies (d. 1827).
• Higa Keijô is born.
• Ryukyuan painter Kyûna Anshin dies (b. 1831).
• Maeno Gorô dies.
• Ozeki Masajirô dies.
• Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi dies (b. 1839).
• Novelist Yoshikawa Eiji is born.

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