1905

Meiji 38 (明治三十八年)

Timeline of 1905

• 1905/9 Yamamoto Kanae, Ishii Hakutei, Ishii Tsuruzô, and a few others found the magazine Heitan.
• 1905/9/5-7 Hibiya Riots in Tokyo.
• 1905/11 The word hanga (版画), meaning "prints", is first coined, appearing in the magazine Heitan.

Russo-Japanese War

• 1905/1/1 Siege of Port Arthur ends.
• 1905/1/25-1/29 Battle of Sandepu
• 1905/2/21-3/10 Battle of Mukden
• 1905/5 Russian Second Pacific Squadron, which departed the Baltic the previous year, arrives in the South China Sea.
• 1905/5/27-28 Battle of Tsushima
• 1905/7/7-7/31 Battle of Karafuto
• 1905/9/5 Treaty of Portsmouth marks the end of the Russo-Japanese War.

Other Events of 1905

• The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is revised and renewed.
• The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzô is published.
• The Chinese imperial examination system is abolished.
• The Japanese wolf becomes extinct.
• Natsume Sôseki's Wagahai neko de aru ("I Am a Cat") is published.
• The people of Tokyo riot in protest of the results of peace negotiations following the end of the Russo-Japanese War. This marks possibly the first major urban riots of the modern period.

Births and Deaths

• Painter Tateishi Tetsuomi is born in Taiwan (d. 1980).
• Yoshihara Jirô, founder of the Gutai movement, is born (d. 1972).
• Zhao Shao-an, Chinese guohua painter, is born (d. 1998).

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