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==Other Events of 1902== | ==Other Events of 1902== | ||
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*"Mainland" system of democratic election of representatives to the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Hokkaido]]. | *"Mainland" system of democratic election of representatives to the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Hokkaido]]. | ||
*[[Meiji Art Society]] is reorganized as the Pacific Painting Society (''Taiheiyô Gakai''). | *[[Meiji Art Society]] is reorganized as the Pacific Painting Society (''Taiheiyô Gakai''). | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 20 December 2010
Meiji 35 (明治三十五年)
Timeline of 1902
Other Events of 1902
- "Mainland" system of democratic election of representatives to the National Diet is extended to Hokkaido.
- Meiji Art Society is reorganized as the Pacific Painting Society (Taiheiyô Gakai).
- Military conscription is instituted in the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands.
- A motion picture, "The Spanish-American War," is shown in Okinawa for the first time.
- Okakura Kakuzô's The Awakening of the East is published.
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the final shogun, is named kôshaku.
- Western mode of age calculation is officially adopted, though it won't actually come into regular use for another 50 years, roughly.
Births and Deaths
- 1902/10/27 Kanô Washio dies (b. 1839).
- Print artist Azechi Umetarô is born.
- Matsudaira Tadayuki dies (b. 1825).
- Nagatani Nobuatsu, first Meiji period governor of Kyoto, dies (b. 1818).
- Saigô Tsugumichi dies (b. 1843).
- Satô Hikogorô dies (b. 1827).
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