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| ==Timeline of 1908== | | ==Timeline of 1908== |
| + | *1908/1 The ''Okinawa kenjinkai'' of Southern California is established. |
| + | *1908/4/28 Over 780 people (including 325 Okinawans) depart [[Kobe]] for Brazil, aboard the ''Kasado-maru''. |
| + | *1908/6/18 The ''Kasado-maru'' arrives in Brazil. Its passengers include the first Japanese or Okinawan settlers in Brazil. |
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| ==Other Events of 1908== | | ==Other Events of 1908== |
| + | *[[Laurence Binyon|Laurence Binyon's]] ''The Painting of the Far East'' is published. |
| *The second [[Bunten]] is held. | | *The second [[Bunten]] is held. |
| *The [[Colonial Government Museum]] is established in Taiwan. | | *The [[Colonial Government Museum]] is established in Taiwan. |
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| *[[Puyi]] ascends to the throne in China. | | *[[Puyi]] ascends to the throne in China. |
| *A proposal to place Okinawa and [[Taiwan]] under the same colonial administration spurs furious protest in Okinawa, and ultimately is not implemented. | | *A proposal to place Okinawa and [[Taiwan]] under the same colonial administration spurs furious protest in Okinawa, and ultimately is not implemented. |
| + | *[[Tenrikyo|Tenri-kyô]] is officially recognized as an accepted [[Shinto]] sect. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *1908/3/23 [[Durham Stevens]] dies. | | *1908/3/23 [[Durham Stevens]] dies. |
| + | *[[Empress Dowager Cixi]] dies (b. [[1835]]). |
| *[[Ernest Fenollosa]] dies (b. [[1853]]). | | *[[Ernest Fenollosa]] dies (b. [[1853]]). |
| *[[Hashimoto Gaho|Hashimoto Gahô]] dies (b. [[1835]]). | | *[[Hashimoto Gaho|Hashimoto Gahô]] dies (b. [[1835]]). |
| *''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Higashiyama Kaii]] is born. | | *''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Higashiyama Kaii]] is born. |
| + | *[[Iwai Tatsumi]], 4th [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)]], dies (b. [[1868]]). |
| *[[Kunikida Doppo]] dies (b. [[1871]]). | | *[[Kunikida Doppo]] dies (b. [[1871]]). |
| *Historian [[George McCune]] is born (d. 1948). | | *Historian [[George McCune]] is born (d. 1948). |