1897 in Japan

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Events from the year 1897 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • January 17 – A first issue newspaper, Kahoku Shinpō was published in Miyagi Prefecture.[citation needed]
  • May – Opening of the Kyoto National Museum.
  • June 1 – Opening of Matsugishi Station in Chōshi, Chiba.[2]
  • June 10 – Founding of the publishing company Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha.
  • June 18 – establishment of Kyoto University under the name Kyoto Imperial University.

Births[]

  • March 2 – Shizue Kato, politician and activist (d. 2001)
  • March 28 – Yusuke Hagihara, astronomer (d. 1979)
  • April 19 – Jiroemon Kimura, supercentenarian, oldest man ever, world's oldest living person from December 2012 to June 2013. (d. 2013)
  • October 10 – Shigeji Tsuboi, poet (d. 1975)
  • October 23 – Yae Ibuka, nurse (d. 1989)
  • November 12 – Eddie Imazu, art director (d. 1979)
  • November 17 – Kinichiro Sakaguchi, agricultural chemist and microbiologist (d. 1994)
  • November 28 – Chiyo Uno, writer and author (d. 1996)
  • December 8 – Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, naval officer (d. 1938; myocardial infarction)[3]
  • December 26 – Unno Juza, writer, founding father of Japanese science fiction (d. 1949)

Deaths[]

  • August 24 – Mutsu Munemitsu, statesman and diplomat (b. 1844)
  • November 29 – Mitsukuri Rinsho, statesman and legal scholar (born )

References[]

  1. ^ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 145. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. ^ Fujitani,T. Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan. University of California Press; Reprint edition (1998). ISBN 0-520-21371-8
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