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==Timeline of 1893==
==Timeline of 1893==
*1893/1/17 The Kingdom of Hawaii is overthrown in a coup led by a group of American businessmen.
*1893/5/1 [[World's Columbian Exposition]], at which Japan exhibits, opens in Chicago.
*1893/5/1 [[World's Columbian Exposition]], at which Japan exhibits, opens in Chicago.
**The Japanese pavilion is patterned architecturally after the [[Byodoin|Byôdôin]]; Japanese painting is for the first time shown in the Palace of Fine Arts, where at previous [[World's Fair]]s, it was shown in the industrial crafts halls.
*1893/7/11 Technique for artificially culturing pearls is developed by [[Mikimoto Kokichi|Mikimoto Kôkichi]].
*1893/7/11 Technique for artificially culturing pearls is developed by [[Mikimoto Kokichi|Mikimoto Kôkichi]].
*1893/10/30 World's Columbian Exposition closes.
*1893/10/30 World's Columbian Exposition closes.
==Other Events of 1893==
==Other Events of 1893==
*A Japanese League is formed in Honolulu which presses for suffrage to be restored to the Japanese in Hawaii.
*''Katsushika Hokusai den'', the first biography of [[Hokusai]], is published. It is written by [[Iijima Kyoshin|Iijima Kyôshin]] ([[1841]]-[[1901]]).
*''[[Kimigayo]]'' is composed.
*[[Kuroda Seiki]] returns to Japan from Europe.
*[[Kuroda Seiki]] returns to Japan from Europe.
*Representatives of the people of the [[Miyako Islands]] speak before the [[National Diet|Diet]], petitioning for the abolition of the poll tax, and for political representation.
*Representatives of the people of the [[Miyako Islands]] speak before the [[National Diet|Diet]], petitioning for the abolition of the [[poll tax]], and for political representation.
*Police in the Miyako and [[Yaeyama Islands]], mostly individuals originally from [[Kagoshima prefecture]], who had controlled civil affairs since [[1879]], turn over such matters to civil authorities.
*Police in the Miyako and [[Yaeyama Islands]], mostly individuals originally from [[Kagoshima prefecture]], who had controlled civil affairs since [[1879]], turn over such matters to civil authorities.
*The [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], hosts the second ever museum exhibition of work by [[Hokusai]] (and the first in the US).
*[[Nagai Nagayoshi]] becomes the first man to synthesize methamphetamine.
*The navy cruiser ''[[Naniwa (ship)|Naniwa]]'', under the command of [[Togo Heihachiro|Tôgô Heihachirô]], stations itself in Honolulu harbor for several months, ostensibly to protect Japanese in the islands during the turmoil created by the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom; the cruiser also serves as a show of force in the international dispute over sovereignty or independence of the islands.
*''[[Ryukyu Shimpo|Ryûkyû Shimpô]]'', the first newspaper in Okinawa, is founded.
*''[[Ryukyu Shimpo|Ryûkyû Shimpô]]'', the first newspaper in Okinawa, is founded.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1893/3/30 Sekô Kôichi, educator and politician, is born (d. 1965).
*1893/3/30 Sekô Kôichi, educator and politician, is born (d. 1965).
*1893/5/15 Ichikawa Fusae, women's rights activist and politician, is born (d. 1981).
*1893/5/15 Ichikawa Fusae, women's rights activist and politician, is born (d. 1981).
*1893/11/3 Hayakawa Tokuji, founder of Sharp Corporation, is born (d. 1980).
*1893/11/3 Hayakawa Tokuji, founder of Sharp Corporation, is born (d. 1980).
*1893/12/5 ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]'' [[Matsudaira Katamori]] dies (b. 1836).
*1893/12/5 ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]'' [[Matsudaira Katamori]] dies (b. 1836).
*[[Kamekawa Seito|Kamekawa Seitô]] (Mô Yûkei)<!--毛有慶・亀川盛棟--> dies (b. [[1861]]).
*Mao Zedong is born (d. 1976).
*Scholar [[Umehara Sueji]] is born (d. 1983).
