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==Timeline of 1903==
==Timeline of 1903==
*1903/4/20 The [[Fifth Domestic Exposition]] in Osaka opens.
**The exhibition will be the last Domestic Exposition to be held. It includes a "Pavilion of Mankind" (''Jinruikan'') organized by anthropologist [[Tsuboi Shogoro|Tsuboi Shôgorô]], in which [[Ainu]], [[Taiwanese aborigines]], Koreans, and others are put on display. The Okinawans refuse to go on display.
*1903/5 [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] appears on stage for the last time.
*1903/5 [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] appears on stage for the last time.
==Other Events of 1903==
==Other Events of 1903==
*''[[The Early Institutional Life of Japan|The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D.]]'', by [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]], is published.
*''[[The Early Institutional Life of Japan|The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645 A.D.]]'', by [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]], is published.
*Japan is officially recognized by the international community as an independent sovereign state under international law, as the result of a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
*Japan is officially recognized by the international community as an independent sovereign state under international law, as the result of a decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
*[[Iha Fuyu|Iha Fuyû]] enters the Linguistics Dept of [[Tokyo University]], where he specializes in studying the [[Okinawan language]] and the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''.
*[[Iha Fuyu|Iha Fuyû]] enters the Linguistics Dept of [[Tokyo University]], where he specializes in studying the [[Okinawan language]] and the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]''.