1897 in Japan
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Events from the year 1897 in Japan.
Incumbents
Events
- 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 1846)
References
- ^ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fujitani,T. Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan. University of California Press; Reprint edition (1998). ISBN 0-520-21371-8
