Meiji 38 (明治三十八年)

Timeline of 1905

  • 1905/9 Yamamoto Kanae, Ishii Hakutei, Ishii Tsuruzô, and a few others found the magazine Heitan.
  • 1905/9/5-7 Hibiya Riots: The people of Tokyo riot in protest of the results of peace negotiations following the end of the Russo-Japanese War. This marks possibly the first major urban riots of the modern period.
  • 1905/11 The word hanga (版画), meaning "prints", is first coined, appearing in the magazine Heitan.

Russo-Japanese War

Other Events of 1905

Births and Deaths


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