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*''[[The Book of Tea]]'' by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]] is published.
*''[[The Book of Tea]]'' by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]] is published.
*The [[Chinese imperial examination]] system is abolished.
*The [[Chinese imperial examination]] system is abolished.
*A major earthquake, known as the [[Geiyo earthquake]], strikes the [[Hiroshima prefecture|Hiroshima]] region.
*[[Hanashiro Chomo|Hanashiro Chômo]] compiles his textbook ''Karate Kumite'', which is the first to render [[karate]] as 空手 ("empty hand") rather than as 唐手 ("Chinese hand").
*[[Hanashiro Chomo|Hanashiro Chômo]] compiles his textbook ''Karate Kumite'', which is the first to render [[karate]] as 空手 ("empty hand") rather than as 唐手 ("Chinese hand").
*The [[Japanese wolf]] becomes extinct.
*The [[Japanese wolf]] becomes extinct.
*[[Natsume Soseki|Natsume Sôseki's]] ''Wagahai neko de aru'' ("I Am a Cat") is published.
*[[Natsume Soseki|Natsume Sôseki's]] ''Wagahai neko de aru'' ("I Am a Cat") is published.
*Three hundred eighty-seven Okinawan emigrants depart [[Kobe]] for New Caledonia, becoming the first Okinawans to settle there.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*Art dealer [[Siegfried Bing]] dies (b. [[1838]]).
*Painter [[Tateishi Tetsuomi]] is born in Taiwan (d. 1980).
*Painter [[Tateishi Tetsuomi]] is born in Taiwan (d. 1980).
*[[Yoshihara Jiro|Yoshihara Jirô]], founder of the Gutai movement, is born (d. 1972).
*[[Yoshihara Jiro|Yoshihara Jirô]], founder of the Gutai movement, is born (d. 1972).
