1895

Meiji 28 (明治二十八年)

Timeline of 1895

• 1895/1/31 The Kyoto Electric Railway, the first electric railway (streetcars/trolleys) in Japan, begins operation.
• 1895/2/16 Empress Shôken pays a visit to the wounded at the Tokyo Army Reserve Hospital.
• 1895/4/17 The Treaty of Shimonoseki ends the Sino-Japanese War.
• 1895/4/23 Triple Intervention
• 1895/10/22 Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) is first held in Kyoto, on the supposed 1101st anniversary of Emperor Kammu establishing Heian (Kyoto) as the Imperial capital.
• 1895/11/18 It is declared that all areas of Taiwan have been successfully subjugated to Japan.

Other Events of 1895

• Copies of a section of Frois' History of Japan is discovered in a library in Lisbon.
• Hakubunkan begins publishing the magazines Taiyô and Bungei kurabu.
• Heian Shrine is built and established.
• The Imperial government ceases use/control of Inuyama castle.
• Kubota Beisen and Kôno Bairei organize the "Exhibition of New and Old Art," the first major competitive art competition in Kyoto.
• The Kyoto National Museum is completed.
• The Imperial family takes command of Nagoya castle, up until then used by the Imperial army, and repurposes it as a detached palace.
• The Fourth Domestic Exposition is held in Kyoto, celebrating the city's (and the nation's) material, industrial, and technological progress.

Births and Deaths

• Prince Arisugawa Taruhito dies (b. 1835).
• Print artist Hiratsuka Un'ichi is born.
• Nihonga painter Ikeda Yôson is born (d. 1988).
• Painter Kôno Bairei dies (b. 1844).
• Prince Rinnôji dies (b. 1846).
• Painter Xu Beihong is born (d. 1953).
• Yamaguchi Naoki dies (b. 1830).

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