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*Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity. | *Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity. | ||
*The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, [[textiles|textile]] producers, and the like, including [[Iida Shinshichi III]] of [[Takashimaya]] and [[Kawashima Jinbei II]], to produce works for decorating the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]. | *The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, [[textiles|textile]] producers, and the like, including [[Iida Shinshichi III]] of [[Takashimaya]] and [[Kawashima Jinbei II]], to produce works for decorating the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]. | ||
| + | *[[Peace Preservation Law]] is enacted. | ||
*''Yôga'' painters [[Harada Naojiro|Harada Naojirô]] and Yamamoto Hôsui return from studying in Europe. | *''Yôga'' painters [[Harada Naojiro|Harada Naojirô]] and Yamamoto Hôsui return from studying in Europe. | ||
Revision as of 18:25, 13 November 2013
Meiji 20 (明治二十年)
Timeline of 1887
- 1887/11/8-12/17 Minister of Education Mori Arinori and Prime Minister Itô Hirobumi undertake an official inspection tour of Kyûshû and Okinawa prefecture, accompanied by Yôga painter Yamamoto Hôsui.
Other Events of 1887
- China cedes Macao to Portugal; previously under Chinese jurisdiction, the city now formally becomes a Portuguese colony.
- The Ryûchi-kai is reorganized as the Japan Art Association (Nihon Bijutsu Kyôkai).
- Shiga Shigetaka's Nan'yôjiji ("Conditions in the South Seas") is published.
- Charles Wirgman's Japan Punch ceases publication.
- Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee is held in London, with members of the Japanese Imperial Family in attendance.
- Issei (Japanese immigrants not born in Hawaii) are denied voting rights in Hawaii; this is not lifted until 1952.
- Efforts are made to convert Japanese immigrants in Hawaii to Christianity.
- The Imperial Household commissions numerous artists, textile producers, and the like, including Iida Shinshichi III of Takashimaya and Kawashima Jinbei II, to produce works for decorating the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
- Peace Preservation Law is enacted.
- Yôga painters Harada Naojirô and Yamamoto Hôsui return from studying in Europe.
Births and Deaths
- Ruth Benedict is born (d. 1948).
- Ryukyuan painter Nishime Seiraku is born (d. 1922).
- Architect Watanabe Hitoshi is born (d. 1973).
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