Difference between revisions of "1886"

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Meiji 19 (明治十九年)

Bunkio Matsuki leaves for China.
Three prefectures are combined to form Hokkaidô-chô, or "The Department of Hokkaidô."
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX revives the kabuki dance-drama Sagi Musume ("Heron Maiden"), with a quick change element as the heron changes back into a young woman.
The Japanese Red Cross is established.
Merriman Harris returns home to San Francisco, after nearly 20 years in Japan.
Mutsu Hirokichi leaves for England, and begins his studies at Temple College in London.
Mutsu Munemitsu is appointed to a diplomatic post after a journey to Europe.
Repair efforts are completed at Nijô castle.
Okakura Kakuzô accompanies Ernest Fenollosa on a one-year art tour of the US and Europe.
The Tokyo Anthropology Society is founded.
The Tokyo Imperial Museum comes under the control of the Imperial Household Ministry.

Daguerrotypist and member of the Perry Expedition Eliphalet Brown Jr. dies (b. 1816).
Shin hanga artist Natori Shunsen is born (d. 1969).
Author Tanizaki Jun'ichirô is born (d. 1965).

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 *[[Bunkio Matsuki]] leaves for China.
 *Three prefectures are combined to form [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô-chô]], or "The Department of Hokkaidô."
+*[[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] revives the [[kabuki]] [[shosagoto|dance-drama]] ''[[Sagi Musume]]'' ("Heron Maiden"), with a [[hayagawari|quick change]] element as the heron changes back into a young woman.
 *The Japanese Red Cross is established.
 *[[Merriman Harris]] returns home to San Francisco, after nearly 20 years in Japan.