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| ==Timeline of 1907== | | ==Timeline of 1907== |
| + | *1907/2/27 [[Gentlemen's Agreement]] limits Japanese emigration to the United States. |
| + | *1907/5 Vice-Admiral [[Ijuin Goro|Ijuin Gorô]] and General Baron [[Kuroki Tamemoto]], veterans of the [[Russo-Japanese War]], visit New York City. |
| + | *1907/5/19 New York's [[Japan Society (New York)|Japan Society]] is established at a reception dinner for General Kuroki Tamemoto, held at the Hotel Astor, and organized by a mayoral committee chaired by [[Lindsay Russell]]. |
| + | *1907/6/5 The [[Ministry of Education]] declares full control over nomination and selection of judges for the [[Bunten]] ("Ministry of Education Exhibition"). |
| + | *1907/10/25 The first Bunten opens, at [[Ueno Park]], at the site of the third [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]]. |
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| ==Other Events of 1907== | | ==Other Events of 1907== |
− | *First [[Bunten]] ("Ministry of Education Exhibition") is held.
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| *[[Charles Lang Freer]] travels to Japan. | | *[[Charles Lang Freer]] travels to Japan. |
| + | *[[Prince Fushimi Sadanaru]] visits the [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese community in Hawaii]]. |
| + | *Efforts are begun to deepen and expand the port of [[Naha]], and to otherwise modernize the port facilities (completed 1915). |
| + | *One hundred fifty Okinawans arrive in Vancouver. They are the first Okinawan emigrants to settle in Canada. |
| *Saeki Yoshirô claims to have discovered the tomb of [[Hata no Kokatsu|Hata no Kôkatsu]]. | | *Saeki Yoshirô claims to have discovered the tomb of [[Hata no Kokatsu|Hata no Kôkatsu]]. |
| + | *The ''hondô'' and pagoda of [[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]] are named [[National Treasures]]. |
| + | *[[Tokyo Exposition of 1907]] marks the beginning of large municipal expositions, in the wake of the end of national expos. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *[[Abe Juro|Abe Jûrô]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] dies (b. [[1837]]). | | *[[Abe Juro|Abe Jûrô]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] dies (b. [[1837]]). |
| + | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Asai Chu|Asai Chû]] dies (b. [[1856]]). |
| + | *Historian [[John K. Fairbank]] is born (d. 1991). |
| + | *Art collector and novelist [[James Michener]] is born (d. 1997). |
| + | *[[Robert Karl Reischauer]] is born (d. 1937). |
| + | *Art collector and painter [[C.C. Wang]] is born (d. 2003). |
| + | *[[James T. Watkins]], co-founder of the first post-war museum in Okinawa, is born (d. 1982). |
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