1909

Meiji 42 (明治四十二年)

Timeline of 1909

• 1909/2 Yanagita Kunio collects stories from Sasaki Kizen which will later form his Tales of Tôno, published 1910.
• 1909/6 The Akasaka Detached Palace is completed.

Other Events of 1909

• The government runs out of land to give to Ainu, promised 5 chô per household by the 1899 Former Natives Protection Law.
• The third Bunten is held.
• The first election of representatives to the Okinawan prefectural assembly is held.
• The Hyôkeikan at the Tokyo National Museum, designed by Katayama Tôkuma, is dedicated.
• Ise Shrine is rebuilt.
• The Qing court implements a new policy of jus sanguinis citizenship, the first formal legal definition of Chinese (vs. non-Chinese) nationality.
• Saitô Hajime retires from working at schools.
• Shôchiku buys out the Morita-za.
• Shuri Ward buys the land constituting the grounds of Shuri castle from the central government.
• Tomita Kôjirô is hired by Okakura Kakuzô to aid in research and translation efforts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• Yukatchu in Ryûkyû cease receiving government stipends.
• The complete works of Zeami are published for the first time.

Births and Deaths

• Itô Hirobumi is killed (b. 1841).
• The Guangxu Emperor dies.

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