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| ==Timeline of 1886== | | ==Timeline of 1886== |
| + | *1886/1/28 A formal [[Convention of Japanese Immigration]] is signed with [[Hawaii]], retroactively covering the immigrants who traveled to Hawaii the previous year. |
| + | *1886/10 [[Meiji Gakuin University]] is established. |
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| ==Other Events of 1886== | | ==Other Events of 1886== |
| + | *[[Ando Taro|Andô Tarô]] replaces [[Nakamura Jiro|Nakamura Jirô]] as Japanese Consul in Hawaii. |
| *[[Bunkio Matsuki]] leaves for China. | | *[[Bunkio Matsuki]] leaves for China. |
| *Three prefectures are combined to form [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô-chô]], or "The Department of Hokkaidô." | | *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. | | *The Japanese Red Cross is established. |
| *[[Merriman Harris]] returns home to San Francisco, after nearly 20 years in Japan. | | *[[Merriman Harris]] returns home to San Francisco, after nearly 20 years in Japan. |
| + | *Mitatsuchi Rubber Company is founded, and establishes the first modern [[rubber]] factory in Japan. |
| *[[Mutsu Hirokichi]] leaves for England, and begins his studies at Temple College in London. | | *[[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. | | *[[Mutsu Munemitsu]] is appointed to a diplomatic post after a journey to Europe. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *Daguerrotypist and member of the [[Matthew Perry|Perry Expedition]] [[Eliphalet Brown Jr.]] dies (b. [[1816]]). | | *Daguerrotypist and member of the [[Matthew Perry|Perry Expedition]] [[Eliphalet Brown Jr.]] dies (b. [[1816]]). |
| + | *[[Hiratsuka Raicho|Hiratsuka Raichô]] is born (d. 1971). |
| + | *[[Ishihara Kanji]] is born (d. 1949). |
| *''[[Shin hanga]]'' artist [[Natori Shunsen]] is born (d. 1969). | | *''[[Shin hanga]]'' artist [[Natori Shunsen]] is born (d. 1969). |
| + | *[[Okamoto Ippei]], manga-journalist for the [[Asahi shinbun]], is born (d. 1948). |
| *Author [[Tanizaki Jun'ichiro|Tanizaki Jun'ichirô]] is born (d. 1965). | | *Author [[Tanizaki Jun'ichiro|Tanizaki Jun'ichirô]] is born (d. 1965). |
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