1910

Meiji 43 (明治四十三年)

Timeline of 1910

• 1910/1/6 Two thousand cherry trees are delivered to Washington DC. They are found to be infested with nematodes, and it is decided they must be destroyed. Plans are made to send a second, larger, shipment in 1912.
• 1910/4 The first issue of Shirakaba is published.
• 1910/4 An Okinawan prefectural shrine is first proposed.
• 1910/5/14-10/29 Japan-British Exhibition is held at White City, in London.
• 1910/8/29 Korea is formally annexed, after having been a protectorate since 1905. The Korean monarchy is abolished, and the Governor-General of Korea office is established.

Other Events of 1910

• Angel Island Immigration Station is established in San Francisco.
• The fourth Bunten is held.
• The films Gishi Meimei Den Ôishi Kuranosuke and Ôishi Kuranosuke Ichidaiki are released.
• The Okinawa Prefectural Library is established, with Iha Fuyû as its first director.
• The Imperial Japanese Army publishes a History of Warfare in Japan.
• John Carey Hall publishes The Tokugawa Legislation, a translation of the buke shohatto.
• Kanazawa Shôzaburô argues the Korean language to be a lost dialect of Japanese.
• Kôtoku Incident - Police arrest a group of people accused of plotting to assassinate the Meiji Emperor.
• It is decided that the Southern Court had been the legitimate Imperial Court during the Nanboku-chô period.
• The head of Shimizu Muneharu is moved from its burial site on Mt. Ishii to a site at nearby Takamatsu castle.
• Takamura Kôtarô's famous essay "Midori iro no taiyô" ("The Green Sun") is first published, in the magazine Subaru.
• Tanizaki Jun'ichirô's short story "Tattoo" (Shisei) is published.
• Yanagita Kunio publishes Tales of Tôno.

Births and Deaths

• 1910/9/17 Tôyama Kyûzô dies in Yonabaru.
• 1910/9/25 Kumebe Masachika of the Shinsengumi dies (b. 1841).
• 1910/10/15 Edwin O. Reischauer is born (d. 1990).
• An Jung-geun, assassin of Itô Hirobumi, is executed (b. 1879).
• Former shogunate official Gô Junzô dies (b. 1825).
• Kimono dealer Kawashima Jinbei II dies (b. 1853).
• Filmmaker Kurosawa Akira is born (d. 1998).
• Namikawa Sôsuke dies (b. 1847).
• Robert van Gulik, ukiyo-e collector and author of Judge Dee stories, is born (d. 1967).
• Yamano Yasohachi of the Shinsegumi dies (b. 1841).

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