1882
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Meiji 15 (明治十五年)
Timeline of 1882
1882/7 Jingo Uprising in Korea includes anti-Japanese riots. Rioters attack the Japanese legation in Seoul, and Japanese ambassador Hanabusa Yoshitada flees. A number of Japanese are killed.
Other Events of 1882
- William Sturgis Bigelow arrives in Japan.
- Edward Sylvester Morse returns to Japan for a number of months, and then returns to the US.
- Five Okinawan students - Ôta Chôfu, Jahana Noboru, Takamine Chôkyô, Nakijin Chôban and Kishimoto Gashô - are sent to Tokyo as the first prefectural scholarship students.
Births and Deaths
- Yamamoto Kanae, pioneer of the sôsaku hanga movement, is born (d. 1946).
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