1883
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Meiji 16 (明治十六年)
Timeline of 1883
Other Events of 1883
- Bunkio Matsuki opens the first Japanese store in Boston, Massachusetts, and builds the first Japanese house in Salem, Massachusetts.
- The Sino-French War breaks out.
- The Technical Art School in Tokyo is closed down.
- Uesugi Mochinori is replaced as Governor of Okinawa Prefecture.
- Zensho-an temple is established for the souls of those killed in the Meiji Restoration.
Births and Deaths
- 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).
- Nihonga artist Hashimoto Kansetsu is born (d. 1945).
- Iwakura Tomomi dies (b. 1825).
- Shin hanga artist Kawase Hasui is born (d. 1957).
- George Sansom, historian of Japan, born (d. 1965).
- Artist Takamura Kôtarô is born (d. 1956).
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