1882

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.
• M. Iwaya begins manufacturing cigarettes in Tokyo, marking the beginning of the shift from kiseru (and other smoking pipes) to cigarettes.
• 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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