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| ==Timeline of 1881== | | ==Timeline of 1881== |
| + | *1881/1 Construction begins on the [[Rokumeikan]]. |
| *1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China [[Shishido Tamaki]]<!--宍戸璣--> informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] to be settled. | | *1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China [[Shishido Tamaki]]<!--宍戸璣--> informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] to be settled. |
| *1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking. | | *1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking. |
| + | *1881/1/26 A fire breaks out in the Ryôgoku neighborhood of [[Tokyo]]; it lasts 16 hours, destroying some 10,000 homes, and is the largest fire of the entire [[Meiji period]]. |
| + | *1881/3/4 King [[David Kalakaua|David Kalākaua]] of [[Hawaii|Hawaiʻi]] arrives in [[Yokohama]]. He becomes the first reigning monarch of a foreign country to visit Japan freely (i.e. not as a prisoner). During his 19-day stay in Japan, he meets with [[Emperor Meiji]], proposes Japanese immigration to Hawaii, and suggests a marriage between [[Princess Kaiulani]] and [[Prince Yamashina Sadamaro]] (ultimately, the Japanese reject this latter proposition). [[Nagasaki Seigo]] serves as Kalakaua's interpreter and is later awarded the Royal Order of Kalākaua. |
| + | *1881/3/22 Kalākaua departs [[Nagasaki]] for [[Shanghai]]. |
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| ==Other Events of 1881== | | ==Other Events of 1881== |
| *The [[British Museum]] obtains the art collection of [[William Anderson]], and appoints him curator. | | *The [[British Museum]] obtains the art collection of [[William Anderson]], and appoints him curator. |
− | *The [[Second Domestic Exposition]] is held. | + | *The second [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] is held. |
| + | *The [[General Staff Office]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]], a major public building in [[Tokyo]] designed by [[Giovanni Vincenzo Cappelletti]], is completed. |
| + | *The [[Genyosha|Gen'yôsha]] (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded. |
| + | *The [[Meiji Emperor]] declares he will establish a [[National Diet]] nine years later. |
| + | *The Meiji Emperor visits [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]. |
| *The territory formerly defining [[Obama han]], previously a part of [[Shiga prefecture]], is absorbed into [[Fukui prefecture]]. | | *The territory formerly defining [[Obama han]], previously a part of [[Shiga prefecture]], is absorbed into [[Fukui prefecture]]. |
| *The ''ni-no-maru'' of [[Kanazawa castle]] is destroyed by fire. | | *The ''ni-no-maru'' of [[Kanazawa castle]] is destroyed by fire. |
− | *The home of artist [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]], along with his possessions, is destroyed by fire. | + | *[[Omura Shigenobu|Ômura Shigenobu]] founds the [[Progressive Party]] (''Kaishintô''). |
− | *The [[Tokyo National Museum]] opens in its current location, organized around the ''Honkan'' designed by [[Josiah Conder]]. | + | *[[Prince Albert]] and his younger brother [[George V|Prince George]] visit Japan. |
| + | *The first Western-style songbook is published in Japan; it contains the original adaptation of "Auld Lang Syne" into ''[[Hotaru no hikari]]''. |
| + | *The [[Tokyo National Museum]] opens in its current location, organized around a two-story brick building designed by [[Josiah Conder]]. |
| *[[Uesugi Mochinori]] succeeds [[Nabeshima Naoyoshi]] as [[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture]]. | | *[[Uesugi Mochinori]] succeeds [[Nabeshima Naoyoshi]] as [[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture]]. |
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| + | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *1881/3/13 Emperor Alexander II of Russia is killed. |
| + | *Okinawan scholar [[Higaonna Kanjun]] is born (d. 1963). |
| + | *[[Ie Chojo|Ie Chôjo]]<!--伊江朝助--> is born (d. 1957). |
| + | *Painter [[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]] dies (b. [[1827]]). |
| + | *[[Langdon Warner]] is born (d. 1955). |
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