1896

Meiji 29 (明治二十九年)

Timeline of 1896

• 1896/2/29 Construction of building of Bank of Japan completed.
• 1896/3/1 Shinpo-to is formed.
• 1896/3/15 First liner to Europe leaves Yokohama port.
• 1896/3/31 Governer-General of Taiwan promulgates Gakko Kansei.
• 1896/4/14 Itagaki Taisuke becomes Secretary General.
• 1896/5/14 Russian minister Weaver and Komura Jutaro sign a memorandom about Chosun.
• 1896/6/6 Kuroda Seiki establishes Hakuba-kai.
• 1896/6/9 Yamagata-Lobanov Agreement
• 1896/6/15 A tsunami strikes Sanriku region, killing 22-27,000.
• 1896/7/2 Kawakami Otojirô opens Kawakami-za in Kanda.
• 1896/7/21 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and China.
• 1896/9/1 Express train between Shinbashi and Kobe.
• 1896/9/18 Second Matsukata cabinet.
• 1896/11/14 Magazine 26 century banned.

Other Events of 1896

• Dysentery and typhoid fever spread.
• Iha Fuyû is expelled from Shuri Middle School for organizing protests against discriminatory policies and attitudes. He travels to the Japanese "mainland."
• Okinawan anti-assimilation Kôdôkai organization founded.
• The Kumamoto Garrison vacates Shuri castle.
• Kuroda Seiki named director of the Western painting section at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
• Kuroda Seiki, Kume Keiichirô and others found the Hakubakai (White Horse Society), which quickly overtakes the Meiji Art Society.
• Nihon Kaiga Kyôkai ("Japan Painting Association") is founded by Okakura Kakuzô and Ernest Fenollosa.
• Nihonga painter Yamaguchi Tatsukichi begins teaching at the Okinawa Prefectural Normal School; he is the first Japanese to come to Okinawa to teach art.

Births and Deaths

• 1896/11/13 Kishi Nobusuke, future Prime Minister, born (d. 1987/8/7)
• 1896/11/23 Higuchi Ichiyo dies.
• Makimura Masanao of Chôshû dies (b. 1834).
• Rita Cowan is born (d. 1961).

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