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1879 In Japan
Events in the year 1879 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 12 in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents *Monarch: Emperor Meiji Governors *Aichi Prefecture: *Akita Prefecture: *Aomori Prefecture: *Ehime Prefecture: *Fukui Prefecture: *Fukushima Prefecture: *Gifu Prefecture: *Gunna Prefecture: *Hiroshima Prefecture: *Ibaraki Prefecture: *Iwate Prefecture: *Kagawa Prefecture: *Kanagawa Prefecture: *Kumamoto Prefecture: *Kochi Prefecture: * Kyoto Prefecture: *Mie Prefecture: *Miyagi Prefecture: *Miyazaki Prefecture: *Nagano Prefecture: *Nara Prefecture: * Niigata Prefecture: *Oita Prefecture: *Okayama Prefecture: *Okinawa Prefecture: *Osaka Prefecture: *Saga Prefecture: *Saitama Prefecture: *Shiname Prefecture: *Tochigi Prefecture: *Tokushima Prefecture: *Tokyo: *Toyama Prefecture: *Yamagata Prefecture: *Yamaguchi Prefecture: Births *January 18 – Tane Ikai, super-centenarian (d. 1995) *August 24 – Rentarō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Saga Prefecture
This is a list of governors of Saga Prefecture. *Sadao Koga 1871-1872 *Viscount Tesshu Yamaoka 1872 *Taku Shigeru 1872-1873 *Ishii Kuni 1873 *Michitoshi Iwamura 1873-1874 *Takatoshi Iwamura 1874 *Hidotemo Kitashima 1874-1876 *Kamata 1883-1888 *Ishii Kuni (2nd time) 1888-1889 *Sukeo Kabayama 1889-1892 *Takaya Nagamine 1892-1894 *Teru Tanabe 1894-1896 *Tsunamasa Ōyama 1896-1897 *Takeuchi 1897-1898 *Yasuhiko Hirayama 1898 *Takeuchi (2nd time) 1898 *Kiyohide Seki 1898-1901 *Fai Kagawa 1901-1908 *Inoue Takashihara 1908 *Nishimura Mutsu 1908-1911 *Fuwa 1911-1914 * Raizo Wakabayashi 1914-1915 *Ishibashi 1915-1917 *Okada 1917 *Muneyoshi Oshiba 1917-1919 *Sawada Ushimaro 1919-1921 *Tominaga 1921-1924 *Saito 1924-1926 *Nagaura 1926-1927 *Ichiro Oshima 1927-1928 *Yujiro Shinjo 1928-1929 *Tetsuzo Yoshimura 1929 *Imajuku Tsugio 1929-1930 *Inoue 1930-1931 *Nakarai Kiyoshi 1931 *Saburo Hayakawa 1931-1933 *Nagawa Fujioka 1933-1934 *Shizuo Furukawa 1934-1937 *Tomoichi Koyama 1937-1939 *Kato 1939- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 In Japan
Events in the year 1959 in Japan. Incumbents *Emperor: Hirohito *Prime minister: Nobusuke Kishi Governors *Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara *Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata *Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki *Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata *Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu *Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane (until 22 April); Eizō Kita (starting 23 April) *Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki *Fukushima Prefecture: Zenichiro Satō *Gifu Prefecture: Yukiyasu Matsuno *Gunma Prefecture: Toshizo Takekoshi *Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara *Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka (until 22 April); Kingo Machimura (starting 23 April) *Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto *Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue (until 29 March); Nirō Iwakami (starting 23 April) *Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya *Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe *Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko *Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono *Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama *Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafū Nagai
was a Japanese writer, editor and translator. His works like '' Geisha in Rivalry'' and ''A Strange Tale from East of the River'' are noted for their depictions of life of the demimonde in early 20th-century Tokyo. Biography Nagai was born Sōkichi Nagai () in Koishikawa, Bunkyō, Tokyo, as the eldest son of government official Kyūichirō Nagai and his wife Tsune, the daughter of scholar Washizu Kidō. His father was an elite government official in the Home Ministry, who had studied as an exchange student in the United States and also wrote and published Chinese poetry. Kyūichirō later left his Ministry occupation to work for the Nippon Yusen shipping company. When the second son was born in 1883, Nagai was sent to live with his maternal Grandmother until 1886. During his childhood, he visited a Chinese language school, and, under his mother's influence, was taught singing and playing music instruments, showing a fondness for utazawa, a late Edo era style of singing accompanie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 In Japan
Events in the year 1941 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 16 (昭和16年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents *Emperor: Hirohito *Prime Minister: ** Fumimaro Konoe: until October 18 **Hideki Tōjō: from October 18 Governors * Aichi Prefecture: Kodama Kyuichi (until 26 March); Yukisawa Chiyoji (starting 26 March) *Akita Prefecture: Fumi *Aomori Prefecture: Seiichi Ueda *Ehime Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa (until 4 November); Susumu Nakamura Noriyuki (starting 4 November) *Fukui Prefecture: Kubota *Fukushima Prefecture: Sumio Hisakawa *Gifu Prefecture: Miyano Shozo (until 7 January); Tetsushin Sudo (starting 7 January) *Gunma Prefecture: Susukida Yoshitomo (until 20 October); Goro Murata (starting 20 October) * Hiroshima Prefecture: Katsuroku Aikawa (until 26 March); Tokiji Yoshinaga (starting 26 March) *Ibaraki Prefecture: Tokitsugi Yoshinaga (until 26 March); Kanichi Naito (starting 26 March) *Iwate Prefecture: Yoshifumi Yamauchi *Kagawa Prefecture: Osam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasegawa Shigure
was a Japanese playwright and editor of a literary journal.Copeland, Rebecca L. (RLC) "Hasegawa Shigure" (part of "Glossary and Terms"). In: Copeland, Rebecca (editor). ''Woman Critiqued: Translated Essays on Japanese Women's Writing''. University of Hawaii Press, 2006. , 9780824830380. p237 Hasegawa was the only woman to be featured in three volumes of the ''Meiji bungaku zenshū'' ("Collected works of Meiji literature"), a collection published by Chikuma Shobō, and she had the title ''joryū bundan no ōgosho'' ("great writer of the woman’s literary community’"); Barbara Hartley, author of "The space of childhood memories: Hasegawa Shigure and Old Nihonbashi," cited these facts when describing Hasegawa as "a major literary figure" of the era prior to World War II.Hartley, p. 316. Hartley wrote that "Shigure’s work has been largely overlooked in English-language scholarship" and that this may have been due to a perception that she supported militaristic elements that exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 In Japan
Events in the year 1926 in Japan. In the history of Japan, it marks the final year of the Taishō period, Taishō 15 (大正15年), upon the death of Emperor Taishō on December 25, and the beginning of the Shōwa period, Shōwa 1, (昭和元年), upon the accession of his son Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). In the Japanese calendar Shōwa 1 was just six days long, prior to January 1 Showa 2 (1927, 昭和2年). Incumbents *Emperor: ** Taishō: until December 25 ** Shōwa: starting December 25 *Regent: Hirohito until December 25 *Prime Minister: **Katō Takaaki: until January 28 **Wakatsuki Reijirō: starting January 30 Governors *Aichi Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki (until 28 September); Saburo Shibata (starting 28 September) *Akita Prefecture: Miki Nagano (until 28 September); Nakano Kunikazu (starting 28 September) *Aomori Prefecture: Ryusaku Endo (until 28 September); Koyanagi Mamoru (starting 28 September) *Ehime Prefecture: Masayasu Kosaka *Fukui Prefecture: Katsuzo Toyota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Emperors Of Japan
This list of emperors of Japan presents the traditional order of succession. Records of the reigns are compiled according to the traditional Japanese calendar. In the ''nengō'' system which has been in use since the late-seventh century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have taken place since that ''nengō'' era started.Nussbaum"Nengō" in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 704./ref>The sequence, order and dates of the first 28 emperors, and especially the first 16, are based on the Japanese calendar system. Emperors of Japan Individuals posthumously recognized as emperors This is a list of individuals who did not reign as emperor during their lifetime but were later recognized as Japanese emperors posthumously. Gallery Japanaj Imperiestroj en.svg, All the Emperors (SVG file) Japanaj Imperiestroj 0 en.png, Emperors of Japan Mythical Japanaj Imperiestroj 1 en.png, Emperors of Japan Legendary Japanaj Imperiestroj 2 en.png, Emperors of Japan 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Taishō
was the 123rd Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and the second ruler of the Empire of Japan from 30 July 1912 until his death in 1926. The Emperor's personal name was . According to Japanese custom, while reigning the Emperor is simply called "the Emperor". After death, he is known by a posthumous name, which is the name of the era coinciding with his reign. Having ruled during the Taishō era, he is known as the "Emperor Taishō". Early life Prince Yoshihito was born at the Tōgū Palace in Akasaka, Tokyo to Emperor Meiji and Yanagiwara Naruko, a concubine with the official title of ''gon-no-tenji'' (imperial concubine). As was common practice at the time, Emperor Meiji's consort, Empress Shōken, was officially regarded as his mother. He received the personal name of Yoshihito Shinnō and the title ''Haru-no-miya'' from the Emperor on 6 September 1879. His two older siblings had died in infancy, and he too was born sickly. Prince Yoshihito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 In Japan
Events in the year 1903 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 36 (明治36年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents *Emperor: Emperor Meiji Governors *Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura *Akita Prefecture: Shiba Sankarasu then Ichiro Tsubaki *Aomori Prefecture: Ichiji Yamanouchi then Katsutaro Inuzuka then Shotaro Nishizawa *Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro *Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto *Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke *Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo *Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru *Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori then Tokuhisa Tsunenori *Ibaraki Prefecture: Chuzo Kono then Teru Terahara *Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo *Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda *Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe then Munakata Tadashi *Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori *Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha *Miyagi Prefecture: Terumi Tanabe *Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro *Nagano Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide *Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe *Oita Pref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rentarō Taki
was a Japanese pianist and composer of the Meiji era. Taki was born in Tokyo, but moved to many places during his childhood owing to his father's job. He graduated from the Tokyo Music School in 1901. One of his famous pieces is " Kōjō no Tsuki" (Moon Over the Ruined Castle), which was included in the songbook for junior high school students, along with the "Hakone-Hachiri" (箱根八里). "Hana" (花, "Flower") is also a well-known song. In the same year, Taki went to the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany for further studies, but fell seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and therefore returned to Japan. He lived quietly in the country afterwards, but soon died at the age of 23. His posthumous work is a solo piano piece called "Urami" (憾, "Regret"), which he wrote four months before he died. Recordings *"Kōjō no Tsuki" performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Ensemble Lunaire, ''Japanese Folk Melodies''. transcribed by Akio Yashiro, CBS Records CBS Records may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Japan
Events in the year 1995 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 7 (平成7年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents * Emperor: Akihito * Prime Minister: Tomiichi Murayama ( S–Ōita) * Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kōzō Igarashi (S–Hokkaidō) until August 8, Kōken Nosaka (S–Tottori) * Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ryōhachi Kusaba until November 7, Tōru Miyoshi * President of the House of Representatives: Takako Doi (S–Hyōgo) * President of the House of Councillors: Bunbē Hara ( L–Tokyo) until July 22, Jūrō Saitō (L–Mie) from August 4 * Diet sessions: 132nd (regular, January 20 to June 18), 133rd (extraordinary, August 4 to August 8), 134th (extraordinary, September 29 to December 15) Governors * Aichi Prefecture: Reiji Suzuki *Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki *Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura (until 26 February); Morio Kimura (starting 26 February) *Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata *Ehime Prefecture: Sadayuki Iga *Fukui Prefecture: Yukio Kurita *Fuku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
