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2005 Kenzo Tange, Japanese Architect
1998 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 1997 Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77 1997 Juzo Itami, Japanese director, commits suicide at 64 1997 Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 MPH 1997 Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese WW II fighter (surrendered in 1972), dies at 82 1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life 1996 Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73 1995 Charles James Dunn, japanese scholar, dies at 80 1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier 1995 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway 1994 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time 1994 1st Japanese gay pride parade 1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide 1994 Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns 1993 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies 1993 Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 1993 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth 1993 Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada 1993 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86 1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 1993 Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88 1993 Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68 1992 Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada 1992 Osamu Inaba, Japanese Minister of justice, dies 1992 Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group 1992 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema 1992 George Bush gets ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap 1991 Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered 1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race 1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history 1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies 1990 Calif's Chuck Finley and Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between U.S. and Japanese all-star teams 1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon 1990 Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese Prime Minister 1945, dies 1989 Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded 1989 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman 1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 1985 Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) 1985 Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet 1984 Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese Actress 1983 Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician 1981 U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 1978 Ayumi Hamasaki, also known as "Ayu" by her fans, Japanese Musician 1977 Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician 1976 Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier 1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball 1976 Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested, Lockheed Affair 1976 Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957, dies at 46 1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit 1974 Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run, 1st American to win a Japanese home run title 1974 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague 1974 Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79 1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1973 Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese Athlete 1972 3 Japanese PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport 1972 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162 1970 Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45 1969 North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea 1968 Japanese Trade and Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco 1968 Akira Nogami, born in Narashino, Chiba, professional Japanese wrestler, actor, wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, NJPW, in 1991, reigned as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2000, appeared in television show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, competed part-time after 2004, regularly wrestling with Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro Wrestling 1968 Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81 1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Olympic-bronze-1964), commits suicide 1966 Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89 1966 Joichi Ito, Japanese Businessman 1965 Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues 1965 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79 1965 Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics 1964 Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball 1964 Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (New York Mets) 1963 Princess Masako, Japanese Royalty 1960 Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 1960 Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71 1960 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African and 1st Filipino cardinal 1959 Ken Watanabe, Japanese Actor 1959 Koichi Tanaka, Japanese Scientist 1959 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71 1959 Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese Composer 1957 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel 1956 Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner, world record 25/30 km 1955 Shoko Asahara, Chizuo Matsumoto, Japanese sect leader 1954 Japanese government of Joshida, resigns 1954 Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author 1954 Godzilla, Japanese monster, Godzilla 1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1952 Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese Designer 1952 Liberal Party wins Japanese elections 1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra 1951 President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference 1949 Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer 1948 Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/Minister of War, hanged 1948 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal 1947 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution 1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution 1946 Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese Field Marshal, dies 1946 International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals 1946 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1946 1st election for Japanese Diet 1945 Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/Prime Minister 1937 - 1939, 1940 - 1941, commits harakiri 1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek 1945 Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies 1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender 1945 Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies 1945 U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1945 Takijiro Ohnishi, led Japanese kamikaze pilots (harakiri), dies 1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1945 Japanese city Toyama destroyed by B-29's 1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 1945 Japanese premier Suzuki disregards U.S. ultimatum to surrender 1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender 1945 Japanese government disregards U.S. ultimatum 1945 Last organized Japanese defiance broken, Tarakan 1945 Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa 1945 Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri 1945 Mitsuri Ushijima, Japanese Lieutenant-General/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri 1945 U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II 1945 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese 1945 Japanese army evacuates Rangoon 1945 U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid 1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa 1945 Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese and 6,000 U.S. killed 1945 Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima 1945 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa 1945 Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China 1945 Manila freed from Japanese 1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days 1945 Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths 1945 U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 1944 Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab 1944 Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 1944 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies 1944 Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink 1944 Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed 1944 U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks 1944 U.S. Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1944 Last Japanese troops driven out of India 1944 U.S. recaptures Guam from Japanese 1944 U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese 1944 Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam 1944 U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack 1944 Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas 1944 Japanese kamakize attacks on U.S. lines at Saipan 1944 Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan 1944 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, U.S. fleet near Iwo Jima 1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea 1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1944 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China 1944 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas 1944 Japanese advance in Hangkhou, China 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India 1944 Mineichi Koga, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 1944 Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory 1943 U.S. forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japanese 1943 Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1943 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java 1943 I Yamamoto, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 1943 Japanese troops conquer Indin 1943 Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers 1943 Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle 1943 New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal 1943 Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured 1943 Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars 1942 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use 1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta 1942 Lieutenant-General Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java 1942 Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1942 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1942 Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon 1942 Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies 1942 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese 1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon 1942 Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands 1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1942 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians 1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa 1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion 1942 Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies 1942 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands 1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma 1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road 1942 James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities 1942 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship 1942 Battle of Bataan, U.S. and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan 1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1942 U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers 1942 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra 1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1942 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia 1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java 1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese 1942 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, California 1942 Lt. E. H. O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin 1942 Japanese troops land on Timor 1942 Japanese troop land on Bali 1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1942 Singapore surrenders to Japanese 1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra 1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes 1942 Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort 1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java 1942 Japanese troops land on Ambon 1942 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain 1942 Japanese invade Burma 1942 Japanese forces invade Burma 1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo 1942 Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese Statesman 1942 Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines 1942 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16 1941 Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan 1941 American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese 1941 Japanese troops lands on Mindanao 1941 Sarawak occupied by Japanese 1941 USS Swordfish becomes 1st U.S. submarine to sink a Japanese ship 1941 Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing) 1941 Japanese occupy Guam 1941 Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines 1941 Japanese troops overrun Guam 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy 1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward) 1941 Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28 1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore 1941 Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul 1941 Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war 1941 Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada and Nagano 1941 Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet 1941 Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor 1941 Admiral Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note 1941 Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor 1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor 1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor 1941 Tadao Ando, born in Osaka, Japan, Japanese architect, employs critical regionalism style of architecture, 1969, established firm Tadao Ando Architects & Associates, winner, Pritzker Architecture Prize 1995 1941 Japanese forces land in Indo-China 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China 1941 Naomi Uemura, mountain climber, 1st Japanese to scale Everest 1941 Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore 1941 Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor 1941 Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director 1940 Japanese troops attack French Indo-China 1940 British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure 1939 Russian Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die 1939 Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia 1939 Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1939 Russian offensive under General Zjoekov against Japanese invasion in Mongolia 1939 Kenzo Takada, Japanese director, Dream After Dream 1938 Japanese troops occupies Hankou and Wuhan 1938 Japanese troops occupies Canton 1938 Paul Seiko Chihara, born in Seattle Washington, US and Japanese composer 1937 Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing 1937 Japanese aircraft shell and sink U.S. gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized and eventually paid U.S. $2.2M in reparations) 1937 Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast 1937 Japanese attack Shanghai 1937 Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin 1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China 1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II 1937 Prince Konoye becomes Japanese premier 1935 Toshihiko Fukui, Japanese Public Servant 1935 Oe Kenzaburo, Japanese novelist, Catch, Personal Matter 1935 Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Writer 1934 Heihatjiro Tojo, Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies 1933 League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria 1932 Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese Politician 1932 Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered 1932 Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China 1932 Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered 1932 Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria 1932 Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co 1931 Japanese Government of Imukai forms 1931 Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol 1931 Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria 1931 Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer, Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife 1929 Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron/general/premier (1927-29), dies at 66 1929 Akio Yashiro, born in Tokyo, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957 1928 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover 1928 Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland 1928 Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese Writer 1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 1924 Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM, 1987-89 1922 Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes 1922 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho 1922 Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent 1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed 1922 Donald L. Keene, born in New York City, Japanese translator/critic 1919 Kiichi Miyazawa, born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, politician, 78th Japanese Prime Minister 1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong' 1918 Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed 1918 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM, 1972-74, convicted of bribe-taking 1916 Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director, Joi-uchi 1915 Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar 1913 Kenzo Tange, Japanese Architect 1913 Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land 1912 SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die 1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington D.C. 1910 David McCampbell, U.S. pilot/captain, WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes 1909 Seicho Matsumoto, Dutch Japanese detective/playwright, 10 to Sen 1909 Masami Akita, Japanese Musician 1905 Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes 1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1905 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) 1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur 1904 General Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties 1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian 1904 Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur 1904 Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Leader 1901 Sato Eisaku, Lib, Japanese PM, 1964-72, Nobel 1974 1898 Ibuse Masuji, Japanese writer, Yohai Taicho, Kuroi Ame 1897 Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player and organized Japanese baseball 1894 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman 1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 1889 Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese and Japanese 1888 Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japanese stagewriter, Tjitj Kaeru 1887 Hitoshi Asida, Japanese politician 1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii 1884 Tojo Hideki, Japanese Prime Minister during WW II 1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1881 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian 1878 Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM, most of 1946-54 1877 Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War, 1931-34 1873 Origin of Japanese Era 1867 Natsume Soseki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author, Kokoro 1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 1862 Mori Ogai [Mori Rintaro], Japanese author, Maihime/Gan 1860 Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh 1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington 1858 Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 1849 Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89 1836 Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo 1829 Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author 1801 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist, dies 1730 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist 1725 Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71 1703 Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered 1694 Matsuo Basho, Japanese Poet 1694 Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies 1674 Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 1616 Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japanese Statesman 1610 Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter 1602 Kano Tanju, Japanese painter, palaces, portraits 1598 Hidejoshi, Hijoshi, Japanese general strategist/kampaku, dies 1543 Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japanese Statesman 1476 Motonoboe, Japanese painter, Kano-school 1253 Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 1253 Dogen Zenji, Japanese Philosopher 1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto 1200 Dogen Zenji, Japanese Philosopher 1181 Supernova observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers 794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto |
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