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*Art dealer [[Hayashi Tadamasa]] dies (b. [[1853]]). | *Art dealer [[Hayashi Tadamasa]] dies (b. [[1853]]). | ||
*Artist [[Kubota Beisen]] dies (b. [[1852]]). | *Artist [[Kubota Beisen]] dies (b. [[1852]]). | ||
| + | *Scholar [[Shunzo Sakamaki|Shunzô Sakamaki]] is born (d. 1973). | ||
*Artist [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]] dies (b. [[1850]]). | *Artist [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]] dies (b. [[1850]]). | ||
Revision as of 04:04, 17 December 2012
Meiji 39 (明治三十九年)
Timeline of 1906
- 1906/6 Japan is given rights in the South Manchuria Railway Company.
Other Events of 1906
- Makino Nobuaki becomes Minister of Education.
- Okakura Kakuzô's The Book of Tea is published.
- Dai-Nihon-shi, begun by Tokugawa Mitsukuni in 1657, is completed.
- Kondô Yoshisuke publishes Shinsengumi ôji jissen dansho.
- Okinawan emigration to Hawaii peaks, with 4,467 people leaving Okinawa and/or arriving in Hawaii this year.
- The first public library in Okinawa opens in Nago.
- The first public museum in China opens in Nantong.
- Pope Pius X asks the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) to establish a university in Japan. (Sophia University opens in 1913.)
- Ryûkyû Shimpô becomes a daily newspaper.
- A restoration/renovation project is begun on the Great Buddha Hall at Tôdai-ji, which is completed in 1913.
- Kôjirô Tomita arrives in the US.
Births and Deaths
- British book collector Frank Hawley is born (d. 1961).
- Art dealer Hayashi Tadamasa dies (b. 1853).
- Artist Kubota Beisen dies (b. 1852).
- Scholar Shunzô Sakamaki is born (d. 1973).
- Artist Yamamoto Hôsui dies (b. 1850).
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