Birthday

Wednesday, April 6, 1921: Kurataro Takamura was born.

Kurataro Takamura, the cinematographer who supported the golden age of Nikkatsu, was born on Wednesday, April 6, 1921. 140 films were shot, including “I’m Waiting” by Nikkatsu in 1957, “Bakumatsu Taiyouden” by Nikkatsu in 1957, “Mukumatsu Taiyouden” by Nikkatsu in 1959, “Migratory Bird with Guitar” by Nikkatsu in 1959, “One Million People in Chorus” by Toho in 1972, and “Ippai no Kakesoba” by Toei in 1992. He has shot about 140 films, including “The End of the Edo Period” (1959), “The Migratory Bird with a Guitar” (1972), “A Million People in Chorus” (1972), and “Ippai Kakesoba” (1992). He died in 2005 at the age of 84.
Politics

Tuesday, April 5, 1921: rime Minister Hara Takashi held a party with newspaper reporters

Tuesday, April 5, 1921 Prime Minister Hara Takashi held an amusement party with newspaper reporters at his official residence. This was an unprecedented event by Hara, who attaches great importance to the relationship with journalism, which influences public opinion. The event was reported favorably by the newspapers. The event was unprecedented in the history of the Cabinet, and was reported favorably by the newspapers. “I invited more than 400 journalists, mainly from newspapers related to the Diet, and held a party at the Prime Minister’s residence. Hara Takashi is often referred to as a commoner Prime Minister, a conservative politician who promoted the construction of railroads and roads across the...
Birthday

Tuesday, April 5, 1921: Cultural Revolution leader Niè Yuánzǐ was born

Born Niè Yuánzǐ on Tuesday, April 5, 1921, in Henan Province, China, he was inspired by the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to join the Chinese Communist Party in 1938 at the age of 17. After graduating from the National Normal School in Taiyuan, he received military training from the Anti-Japanese Salvation Organization, the Sacrifice and Salvation League. 1939 found him in Yan’an, the headquarters of the CCP, but he went on to Peking University, where he graduated with a degree in philosophy and became a lecturer there. On May 16, 1966, when the Cultural Revolution became public knowledge through the “Five Eleventh Sixth Notice” at the enlarged...
Art

Monday, April 4, 1921: Painter,Takashi Tanaka was born

Takashi Tanaka, a Western-style painter, was born on Monday, April 4, 1921, in Wada Village, Mitoyo County, Kagawa Prefecture. In 1939, he entered the Oil Painting Department of Tokyo Fine Arts School, but transferred to the Art Department of Nihon University on the recommendation of Western-style painter Ebihara Kinosuke. After the war, in 1957, he became the first recipient of the Yasui Award, the Akutagawa Award of the art world, for his painting “Seaside. He died in 2014 at the age of 93, leaving behind many works. Takashi Tanaka was born in Wada Village, Mitoyo County, Kagawa Prefecture, which is now Toyohama-cho, Kanonji City, and is also the birthplace of...
Social

unday, April 3, 1921: Prostitution in Japan

On Sunday, April 3, 1921, Naoki Sugita, M.D. contributed to the Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun regarding the issue of prostitution. He demanded a ban on human trafficking and other human rights violations. He also calls for the graceful and elegant qualities of women and the cultivation of their artistic and personal qualities, as was once the case in the heyday of the Yoshiwara brothel. In the Taisho era, people’s awareness of human rights increased, and women’s political movements became more active. In the Taisho era, the awareness of human rights among the people increased and women’s political movements became more active, including the abolition of Naniwa brothel in Osaka, opposition to...
Politics

Saturday, April 2, 1921: The second Guangdong government established

The official government of the Republic of China (the second Guangdong government) is established on Saturday, April 2, 1921. Sun Yat-sen reorganized the military government that he had organized in Guangzhou in November of the previous year, and became the President at the Emergency Diet, sharpening his stance against the Beijing government. Although Sun Yat-sen claimed to be the only government representing North and South China, other countries did not approve. Sun Yat-sen remained in power as a local government. Wang Zhao Ming makes his first appearance on the political stage as director of education (chairman of education in Guangdong Province). Wang Zhaoming supported Sun Yat-sen as his closest aide,...
Politics

Friday, April 1, 1921: Korean farmers living in Manchuria

Minoru Saito, Governor-General of Korea, reported the plight of Korean farmers living in Manchuria to Prime Minister Hara Takashi on Friday, April 1, 1921. Due to financial difficulties caused by the drought, they were unable to purchase unhulled rice, and in the end, the Governor-General of Korea and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs each contributed 15,000 yen to the relief fund. However, the ambiguity of land rights became an obstacle. At the end of the same year, this led to the establishment of Toa Kangyo Co. (Manchuria Kangyo, Manchuria Agricultural Affairs) was established at the end of the same year. Although it was the time to sow seeds for Koreans...
Academic

Friday, April 1, 1921: Innovative curriculum of private universities

On Friday, April 1, 1921, the innovative curriculum of Hosei University’s preparatory course became a hot topic. Sohei Morita gave a lecture on Natsume Soseki’s “I am a Cat,” which was contemporary literature at the time. Toyoichiro Nogami, the head of the preparatory course, adopted a policy of “free organization and substantive education. He abolished hourly lecturers and made all lecturers full-time. Also, Nihon University is preparing to establish an “Art University” advocating the popularization of the arts and the fostering of critics. Unique lecturers included painters Hyakusui Hirafuku, Hakutei Ishii, and Keiichiro Kume, art historians Seiichi Taki and Yoshinori Onishi, playwright Kaoru Osanai, and writer Kan Kikuchi. At that...
Economy

Wednesday, March 30, 1921: Calling for better treatment of retail employees

On Wednesday, March 30, 1921, an editorial calling for better treatment of retail employees appeared in the Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun. While the labor movement was gaining momentum in the Taisho era and the treatment of factory workers was improving, the retail industry was still treated poorly as an extension of the old ways of apprenticeship. Many stores did not even have regulations on closing hours and days off, and long working hours were common. The above is an article from the Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun, and it shows that even in the Taisho era, when the labor movement was in full swing, the retail industry was still largely the same as...