1883

Meiji 16 (明治十六年)

Other Events of 1883

• Zensho-an temple established for the souls of those killed in the Meiji Restoration.
• Bunkio Matsuki opens the first Japanese store in Boston, Massachusetts, and builds the first Japanese house in Salem, Massachusetts.

Births and Deaths

• George Sansom, historian of Japan, born (d. 1965).
• 1883/1/1 Hatoyama Ichirô, future Prime Minister of Japan, born (d. 1959).
• 1883/2/15 Prince Kacho Hiroatsu dies (b. 1875)
• 1883/4/11 Hozumi Shigeto, author, born (d. 1951).
• 1883/11/12 Atsu-hime, wife of Tokugawa Iesada, dies (b. 1836).
• 1883/12/14 Ueshiba Morihei, founder of aikido, born (d. 1969).