2021年

Art

Sunday, April 24 1921: Bunka Gakuin opened

1921 (Taisho 10) Sunday, April 24: The opening ceremony of the Bunka Gakuin in Ochanomizu was held. It was established by Isaku Nishimura, Tekkan Yosano, Akiko Yosano and Hakutei Ishii. All the students are girls and there are 43 students. The school will have 25 teachers, including Kosaku YAMADA, Natsu KAWASAKI, Ikuo ARISHIMA and Kyoshi TAKAHAMA. He advocated a new education called “a free and original school that does not comply with national school regulations” and continued a liberal education called “Small but good.” and “foster a sensitive person” and received no subsidies from the government. It was the first time in Japan that an equal education for men and...
Politics

Saturday, April 23 1921: Japanese League of Nations Association

1921 (Taisho 10) Saturday, April 23 The first general meeting of the League of Nations Association will be held at Tsukiji Seiyoken. Iesato TOKUGAWA President, Eiichi SHIBUSAWA Chairman, Juichi SOEDA and Yoshiro SAKATANI Vice Chairmen, Junnosuke INOUE as accounting director and other prominent members. 70 people attended, including Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida, a guest of honor. There were voices calling for the Association to make proposals on specific issues such as disarmament, the withdrawal of troops from Shandong, the anti-Japanese movement in the United States, and the Yap Island issue, which were the diplomatic issues of Japan at that time. However, Eichi SHIBUSAWA and others avoided leaving these issues to...
Economy

Friday, April 22 1921: Another Commercial Bank go broke

1921 (Taisho 10) Friday, April 22 A promissory note of 15000 yen by Senoo Commercial Bank in Okubo-cho, Tokyo Prefecture was dishonored. Depositors rush into the bank due to a sudden shutdown. The deposit of 150,000 yen in public money in Okubo-cho became complicated. Later, a fraudulent loan of 500,000 yen to Jiro TAKAGI, a senior managing director of Japanese-English entertainment company, which was led by Inosuke SENOO, a senior managing director of the bank, was revealed. More than a year has passed since the post-war depression that began with the stock market crash on March 15 of the previous year, but financial unrest has not subsided and banks have...
Birthday

Friday, April 22 1921: Duke Keomka, professional wrestler, was born.

1921 (Taisho 10) Friday, April 22 Duke Keomka, a professional wrestler who was active in the United States, is born. A Japanese American born in Sacramento. His real name was Hisao TANAKA. It is useful as a heel that uses anti-Japanese feelings. He competed against many famous American wrestlers. The tag team with Hiro Mazda is also popular. Duke Keomka was in its prime in the 1960s. On October 31, 1961, he played against Buddy Rodgers, then NWA World Champion, and gained popularity. After that, he became one of the top wrestlers centering on the dispute with Fritz Von Erich. He won the NWA World Tag Team Championship four times....
Politics

Thursday, April 21 1921: Aritomo Yamagata’s health condition has reported.

1921 (Taisho 10) Thursday, April 21 It is reported that the health of Aritomo Yamagata is better than in recent years, he drinks wine with his own hands and has a good appetite. “From the ordinary to the clear mind is more clear.” he said. However, Yamagata, who was devastated by the certain serious incident of the Imperial Court, confined himself at Kokian in Odawara and gave up his annual visit to Murinan in Kyoto. He fell ill from autumn of the same year and died on February 1 of the following year. According to the latest research by Dr. Yukio Ito, Yamagata, who is at the top of the...
Politics

Thursday, April 21 1921: Japan’s first women’s socialist organization “Sekirankai” was established.

1921 (Taisho 10) Thursday, April 21 Japan’s first women’s socialist organization “Sekirankai (Red Wave)” was established. “We are resolute in declaring war against all our oppression, our lack, our ignorance and our slavery.” he declared. The foundation was established with Kikuei Yamakawa (30) and Noe Ito (26) as advisors, and was led by Fusako Kuzumi (30), the wife of anarchists Myo Nakano and Kori, and Shizue Akizuki, who belonged to the May Society; a painter of the proletarian art movement Haruko Hashiura (22) and a younger sister Yasuo Hashiura, who belonged to the Proletarian Art Movement; and Magara Sakai (18), a daughter of socialist Toshihiko Sakai. It made a spectacular...
Birthday

Wednesday, April 20 1921: Michiko Inukai, grand daughter of Takeshi Inukai, was born.

1921 (Taisho 10) Wednesday, April 20: Critic Michiko INUKAI was born in Yotsuya, Shinjuku Ward. His grandfather was KMT leader Tsuyoshi INUKAI, who was assassinated 10 years later in the 515 Incident. His father, Takeru INUKAI, had a close relationship with the Shirakaba school as a writer at that time. Michiko INUKAI has lived with her grandfather since childhood and witnessed as many as 515 cases nearby. Tsuyoshi INUKAI especially adored his grandson, Michiko, and spent much of his later years with him. Michiko witnessed his grandfather Tsuyoshi INUKAI’s death at the age of 10 on the night of the 515 incident in her book ‘flowers and stars’. “I’m going...
Politics

Wednesday, April 20, 1921: Kichinosuke Saigo succeeded the title of Marquis.

1921 (Taisho 10) On Wednesday, April 20, Kichinosuke Saigo (11 year-old), the grandson of Takamori Saigo, succeeded the title of Marquis. His father Torataro SAIGO died of the Spanish Flu in 1919 (Taisho 8), and his older brother Takateru SAIGO, who succeeded the peerage, died suddenly the following year, which made his third son Kichinosuke succeed the peerage. After the war, he became a member of the House of Councilors from Kagoshima Prefecture, and became the Minister of Justice in the second Cabinet of Eisaku Sato in 1968 (Showa 43). However in 1971 (Showa 46), the so-called Saigo Incident was discovered, in which Kichinosuke SAIGO issued too many promissory notes...
Politics

Tuesday, April 19, 1921: Emperor Taisho’s condition announced.

Tuesday, April 19, 1921: The Ministry of the Imperial Household announced Emperor Taisho’s condition for the third time. The Emperor is still unable to speak. Vice-Minister of the Imperial Household Teizaburo Sekiya frankly announced that he had difficulty in speaking, especially in situations where he was under mental and physical strain, and that he needed assistance to climb and descend stairs. At the same time, it was announced that Emperor Taisho was going to Tamozawa Goyotei in Nikko for summer and rest from early June. According to a report by Kinnosuke Miura, professor of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, in March 1920 the previous year, since around...
Birthday

Tuesday, April 19, 1921: Baseball player SAKAMOTO Shigeru is born

Tuesday, April 19, 1921: Professional baseball player SAKAMOTO Shigeru is born in Oji, Kita Ward, Tokyo. Since elementary school, he has been playing amateur baseball for adults. With a swift run of 100 m 12 s flat, he was the Kanto elementary school student champion in the sprint. He hit 6 homers in 12 games between elementary schools in Tokyo and the newspaper said, “THE PRINCE’S GENIUS BOY”. After advancing to Nihon University Third Junior High School under the old system and current Nihon University Third High School, Sakamoto led the team as the fudo-no-yonban batter and participated in Koshien 4 times, reaching the last 8 in the 26 tournament....