Difference between revisions of "1907"

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Meiji 40 (明治四十年)

1907/2/27 Gentlemen's Agreement
1907/5 Vice-Admiral Ijuin Gorô and General Baron Kuroki Tamemoto, veterans of the Russo-Japanese War, visit New York City.
1907/5/19 New York's Japan Society is established at a reception dinner for General Kuroki Tamemoto, held at the Hotel Astor, and organized by a mayoral committee chaired by Lindsay Russell.
1907/6/5 The Ministry of Education declares full control over nomination and selection of judges for the Bunten ("Ministry of Education Exhibition").
1907/10/25 The first Bunten opens, at Ueno Park, at the site of the Third Domestic Industrial Exposition.

Charles Lang Freer travels to Japan.
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru visits the Japanese community in Hawaii.
Efforts are begun to deepen and expand the port of Naha, and to otherwise modernize the port facilities (completed 1915).
Saeki Yoshirô claims to have discovered the tomb of Hata no Kôkatsu.
The hondô and pagoda of Sensô-ji are named National Treasures.
Tokyo Exposition of 1907 marks the beginning of large municipal expositions, in the wake of the end of national expos.

Abe Jûrô of the Shinsengumi dies (b. 1837).
Yôga painter Asai Chû dies (b. 1856).
Historian John K. Fairbank is born (d. 1991).
Art collector and novelist James Michener is born (d. 1997).
Robert Karl Reischauer is born (d. 1937).
Art collector and painter C.C. Wang is born (d. 2003).
James T. Watkins, co-founder of the first post-war museum in Okinawa, is born (d. 1982).

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 *[[Abe Juro|Abe Jûrô]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] dies (b. [[1837]]).
 *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Asai Chu|Asai Chû]] dies (b. [[1856]]).
+*Historian [[John K. Fairbank]] is born (d. 1991).
 *Art collector and novelist [[James Michener]] is born (d. 1997).
 *[[Robert Karl Reischauer]] is born (d. 1937).