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Chen Cheng-po is born in Chiayi; his mother dies shortly afterwards.
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Qing representative Li Hongzhang and Japanese representative Hirobumi Itō sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki at Shunpanrō hall in Japan. The Qing government recognizes the independence of Korea, and cedes the Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan, and the Penghu Islands to Japan.
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The emperor of Japan appointes navy admiral Sukenori Kabayama as the first Governor-General of Taiwan.
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The Republic of Formosa is established, with Tang Jingsong as president. On October 21 of the same year, Tainan falls and the Republic of Formosa collapses.
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The Governor-General Office of Taiwan holds a ceremony to celebrate the start of government administration in Taiwan. Due to increased armed resistance from the Han people in Taiwan, on August 6 the Governor-General implementes military administration of the island.
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The Taiwan Governor-General’s Office adapts the Dongying (Eastern Seas) Academy for Tamsui Hall. It becomes a place of entertainment for civil and military officials. Monthly meetings are held there from then on.
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“Title 63 System” is put into effect as the governing basis of Taiwan, giving the Governor-General of Taiwan the authority to establish laws, combining the executive, legislative, and judicial rights into one single governing body.
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The military administration is disbanded and a civil administration is established in its place. Three counties (Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan) and one prefecture (Penghu) are set up. Taiwan is put under the administration of the newly-established Ministry of Colonial Affairs.
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Set up regular boat passage between Taiwan and Japan.
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Asai Chū's work Yushima Seido Temple is displayed at the Zhishanyan School.
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Tarō Katsura becomes the second Governor-General of Taiwan.
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Taiwan Newspaper begins printing.
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Japanese Imperial Army General Maresuke Nogi becomes the third Governor-General of Taiwan.
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Two year grace period for Taiwanese to choose their nationalities, either China or Japan, ends.
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The local administration system is altered, establishing 6 counties (Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Fengshan), and 3 prefectures (Yilan, Taitung, Penghu).
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Based on “Title 63”, Governor-General Maresuke Nogi implements the “Three-Stage Garrison Law,” forming three levels of public security garrisons, in order to quell Han resistance to the Japanese.
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Gentarō Kodama becomes the fourth Governor-General of Taiwan. On March 2, Shinpei Gotō becomes the head of civilian affairs.
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Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo begins printing, becoming the largest newspaper in Taiwan during the Japanese period.
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The bureaucratic system of the Governor-General Office is altered. The regional administration system is changed to 3 counties (Taipei, Taichung, Tainan) and 3 prefectures (Yilan, Taitung, Penghu), administered below 44 district offices in total.
The “Three-Stage Garrison System” is dismantled.
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The Taiwan Common School and Elementary School systems are established.
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The Civil Affairs Department of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office opens the Product Exhibition Hall.
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Tainan County takes part in the Aichi Prefecture Painting Competitive Exhibition.
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The “Taiwan Sewer Regulations” are issued, regulating public and private sewer construction and management.
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Taipei Chinese Medicine doctor Huang Yujie initiates the “Taipei Natural Foot Society,” promoting the “End Foot Binding” movement.
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Public schools from all over Taiwan participate in the Japanese School's Art Works Exhibition.
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“Taipei Urban Planning” is issued, implementing an urban planning project within the city walls.
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The Governor-General Office of Taiwan establishes the Monopoly Bureau, with the original Camphor Bureau, the Salt Bureau, and pharmaceutical manufacturers all coming to be administered by the Monopoly Bureau.
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The Taiwan Painting and Calligraphy Association begins regular exhibitions.
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The “Regulations for the Temporary Committee for the Investigation of Taiwan Traditional Customs” are issued, establishing a temporary committee for investigation of Taiwan’s traditional customs.
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In Taichung, Lin Chaosong and Lin Youchun from the Wufeng Lin family, as well as Lai Shaoyao, establish the “Oak Tree Poetry Society,” the first Chinese poetry society during the Japanese period.
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The Normal Education Division of the Taiwan Governor-General Office's National Language School (consisting of Japanese students in the A-Division and Taiwanese students in the B-Division) stipulates painting as its prescribed curriculum, and handicrafts as elective.
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Kanori Inō’s A History of Taiwan is published.
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The Taiwan Hall is exhibited at the 5th National Industrial Exhibition in Osaka.
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The Governor-General Office of Taiwan issues the “Outline for Administering Aborigines,” implementing a policy of suppression.
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The Japanese Emperor visits the Taiwan Hall and Tea House at the 5th National Industrial Exhibition in Osaka. This is the first time Japan exhibit her overseas colony of Taiwan, both to the mother country of Japan and to the international community. Under the encouragement of the Governor-General Office in Taiwan, more than 500 Taiwanese gentrymen visited Japan, becoming Taiwanese’ first large-scale sightseeing tour in Japan.
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The Russo-Japanese war starts.
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Taiwan Public Schools establish handicrafts division. Its course contents focus primarily on handcrafts, while painting is secondary.
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The Governor-General Office of Taiwan issues the “Liquidation of Large-Rent Decree,” which aimed at eliminating the phenomenon of “one land many landlords.”
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The Governor-General Office of Taiwan authorizes the Bank of Taiwan to issue 1 and 5 gold exchange tickets (gold certificates), and gradually controls the circulation of silver certificates and silver coins by banning the use of silver certificates aside from paying taxes.
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The first school for aboriginal children is opened in the aboriginal community of Dabang in Chiayi.
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The Russian fleet heads for the east, putting Taiwan and Penghu under martial law. On July 7 of the same year, martial law is lifted.
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In honor of the 10-year anniversary of colonial administration of Taiwan, the first Memorial Post Card is published.
In honor of the 10-year anniversary of colonial administration of Taiwan, the first Memorial Post Card is published.
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“Taipei Urban Planning” is issued, and the city walls from the Qing dynasty are gradually taken down.
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The Taipei Post Card Exchange Society is exhibited in the Tamsui Hall.
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The Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty is signed, ending the Russo-Japanese war.
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Report on Economic Investigations is published, with economic information including industry and transportation, as well as wages and living expenses. It is the earliest systematic investigation report by the colonial government on the “traditional customs” of Taiwan’s industry and economics.
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“Household Registration Regulations” is implemented, with moving, marriages, births, deaths, etc. being reported.
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The Works reflected aboriginal customs are exhibited in the Tamsui Hall.
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The Meishan Earthquake occurs in Chiayi, with the disaster area extending to Chiayi, Douliu, and Yanshuigang, causing 1,258 deaths. On April 19 of the same year, the Chiayi Children’s Home is established, taking in orphans from the earthquake. At the end of April, the “Chiayi Urban Renewal Plan” is passed, rebuilding Chiayi after the earthquake.
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Morikawa Umeya comes to Taiwan and takes up a post at the National Language School. In July, two volumes of Post Cards of Plein Air Painting in Taiwan are published.
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The Japanese Shijō School painter Kobayashi Matsusen comes to Taiwan to compose plein air paintings.
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Kosugi Tadatomo, the member of the Taiwan Postcard Society, sells post cards featuring Taiwan's landscapes (three cards as a set).
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Taipei's Matsuura-Dō publishes the Shijō School painter Kawata Sumihou's Post Card Albums: Niitakayama and Shinto Shrines of Taiwan.
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“Title 31” is enacted, replacing “Title 63,” but retaining its basic structure, only revising and establishing that Japan’s Laws and Edicts take precedence.
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Kobayashi Matsusen and Takahashi Gekkai compose the prints of Six Themes on Taiwan's Landscapes and Places of Interest in Taiwan, and sale at Yamata bookstore on Ximen St. in Taipei.
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Chen enters Chiayi Public School (Chiayi Kōgakkō).
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The Tosa School painter, Murase Yoshinori, arrives in Taiwan. The Taiwan Painting Society holds an exhibition and Impromptu Writing Performance at Marunaka Osen Hotel.
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Water-color artist Ishikawa Kin'ichirō arrives in Taiwan and serves in the Translation Office of the Army Department in the Governor-General Office. He later serves as an art teacher in Taipei Secondary School(1909) and the National Language School in Taipei(1910).
Water-color artist Ishikawa Kin'ichirō arrives in Taiwan and serves in the Translation Office of the Army Department in the Governor-General Office. He later serves as an art teacher in Taipei Secondary School(1909) and the National Language School in Taipei(1910).
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With Cai Qinglin as the leader, the Han Chinese raise the flag of resistance against the Japanese, uniting with the Saisiyat (or Saissiat) aborigines and attacking Hsinchu’s Beipu Subprefecture, leading to more than a hundred causalities. In the same year, a temporary court is established in Beipu to try those who took part in the uprising, afterward referred to as the “Beipu Incident.”
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The painter of Southern Painting School (Nanga) Ishikawa Ryūjō travels to Taiwan again and exhibits his works at the Taipei Club in April.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro presents an article entitled Watercolors and Taiwan's Scenery for promoting watercolor painting. His work Little Stream is selected for the 2nd Ministry of Education Art Exhibition (Bunten).
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The entire length of the North-South Railway is completed and opened to regular rail traffic.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro hosts the 1st Shiran Society Exhibition of the Western Painting Research Society.
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The Taiwan Governor-General’s Office publishes the Taiwan post card album. The primary themes are Dajia River, Taiwanese maps, and notable places in Taiwan.
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The first Tropic of Cancer Landmark is completed. As a commemorative Landmark of the opening the North-South Railway in the western part of Taiwan island, it is erected on the north-west side of the Chiayi’s Shuishang Train station, in a rice paddy field.
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The affiliated Museum of the Bureau of Production, Civic Affairs Department, Taiwan Governor-General’s Office, is constructed.
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The Taiwan Railway Hotel is constructed and opened.
The Taiwan Railway Hotel is constructed and opened.
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The Ancient Paintings Exhibition and the Antiques Exhibition take place at the Hakkaku Hall of the Taipei Competitive Exhibition. The Taiwanese artists perform impromptu writing and painting in the occasion.
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Lin Xiangyuan, Xie Ruquan and Hong Yinan etc. establish the “Sea Poetry Society,” with the aim of promoting Chinese poetry.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro's oil painting Prince Kitashirakawa-nomiya’s Valiant Fight is completed and exhibited in the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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Ni Chiang-huai enters National Language School and is under the instruction of Ishikawa.
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Chen’s father, Chen Shou-yu, passes away.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro hosts a watercolor painting exhibition at the Taipei Secondary School.
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Nine plein air watercolor works composed by Ishikawa Kinichiro in the mountains of aborigine region in Nantou are presented to the Meiji Emperor via the Governor-General’s tribute.
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Takahashi Seiichi, the National Language School teacher, publishes the teaching materials of Model for freehand drawing (5 volumes).
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Japanese businessman Shōsaku Ishizaka opens a private library called “Ishizaka Library” in Keelung, providing free reading to the public.
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The Temporary Committee for the Investigation of Taiwan Traditional Customs finishes compiling Taiwan Private Law (13 volumes in total). Based on the concept of modern law, the compilation organize the practices of civil cases of Han Chinese in Taiwan.
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The Japan-British Exhibition opens in London, England. The Governor-General Office of Taiwan participates through the “Taiwan Pavilion,” organizing 24 Paiwan aborigines to head to London and put on a show entitled “The Sentiment of Wild Aborigines.”
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The Governor-General Office of Taiwan mobilizes the “Dakekan Pacification” to break up the unified anti-Japanese resistance by the Atayal aborigines.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro plays advisor to the 1st Exhibition of the Taipei Secondary School Plein Air Class. This event is a joint exhibition held with the works of Taiheiyo Society, Hakujitsu Society, and Shiran Society.
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The Japanese painter Nasu Hōkei comes to Taiwan to compose new works.
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The Shiran Society publishes The Joy of En Plein Air.
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Nasu Hōkei accepts an invitation to replicate the historic portrait of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) displayed in the Kaisan Shinto Shrine in Tainan. Ishikawa Kinichiro accompanies him in painting the fresco at Tainan Public Hall.
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An exhibition of educational materials is featured at the Tainan First Public School. Kyōshinkai, the Competitive Exhibition Association, hosts an ancient painting materials exhibition at Tainan's New Public Hall.
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The Ali Mountain Railway opens to rail traffic.
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Following the movement to end foot-binding, Huang Yujie and Xie Ruquan once again work together and start the “Short Hair, Same Clothes Association. ”
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The Seidan Society is formed. The primary focuses are painting, literature, and antiques and the members include Ide Kaoru, Ishikawa Kinichiro and others.
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Liang Qichao responds to Lin Xiantang of the Wufeng Lin family’s request to visit Taiwan, leading to the unarmed Japanese resistance movements in the 1920s.
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A strong typhoon hits Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and severing the transportation between the north and south. When Taipei was being rebuilt after the storm, a street and housing reconstruction plan is initiated. Gradually, concrete three-story buildings came to form Western-style street scenes in the city.
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Kawata Sumihou and his students organize the Society for Voices of Painting.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro advises the Taiwan Western Painting Research Society and displays replicas from Tokyo in Banka Public School.
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The “Tuku Incident” occurs when Huang Chao from Chiayi was caught conspiring to overthrow the Japanese.
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The Colonial Exhibition's Taiwan Hall features the frescos of artists such as Kuroda Seiki, Kume Keiichirō, Wada Eisaku, and Shoudai Tameshige. The theme of their works is Taiwanese landscapes.
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The National Language School holds the 17th School Anniversary Celebration with a Painting Exhibition.
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The Ganko Society hosts a total of seven exhibitions at Taipei's Josetsu An.
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The Mackay Memorial Hospital is rebuilt in Taipei, replacing the smaller Mackay Hospital in Tamsui.
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The Western Painting Research Department at Taipei Secondary School holds the 1st Western Painting Exhibition at the First Elementary School (shōgakkō) under the supervision of Ishikawa Kinichiro.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro establishes the Bancha Society at the Lion Restaurant in Taipei New Park.
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Chen graduates from Chiayi Public School (Chiayi Kōgakkō).
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Enters the Department of Normal Education at Taiwan Governor-General’s National Language School.
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Utagawa Toyokuni's paintings of beauties (Bijinga) are exhibited at Beitou’s Public Bath House.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro's Outskirts of Taipei is selected for the 7th Ministry of Education Art Exhibition (Bunten).
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The “Miaoli Incident” occurs, where Luo Fuxing and others conspire to plan a scheme to resist the Japanese, but are captured in December of the same year.
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The Western painting artist Miyake Kokki comes to Taiwan and exhibits his watercolor paintings at the Taiwan Railway Hotel.
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The Taiwan Governor-General Office's Department of Education organizes an island-wide School Exhibition. The event is held in the National Language School's affiliated Elementary School and Banka Public School.
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The painter Kano Eijō holds his Farewell Exhibition at Taipei’s Edo Nagai Restaurant, then returns to Japan on the 17th and passes away in Kyoto in November.
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Japan declares war on Germany, formally entering World War I.
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The Taiwan Photography Society schedules to publish 12 volumes of Taiwan Photo Albums.
Yoshikawa Sotsuki compiles more than 1,000 works from Taiwan's most noted modern painters and publishes the volume Collection of Takasago’s Art.
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Lin Xiantang, Cai Peihuo, Cai Huiru and others establish the “Taiwan Equalitarian Association” in Taipei, advocating the removal of different treatment of Taiwanese by the Japanese.
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The Hebiki Society's first exhibition displays works of oil paintings, watercolors, and sculptures. The art and culture magazine Hebiki is published on February 15th.
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Memorial Service and Posthumous Exhibition for Xie Guanqiao take place at Ozaki Hotsuma’s residence ‘Dugu Village’ in the south of the city.
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In memory of the Anniversary of Taiwan’s Governance, the Governor-General’s Office hosts Public Appeal for Contributions on Exhibitions for both Education as well as Calligraphy and Painting at the National Language School's affiliated Girl's School's New Schoolhouse.
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The Taiwan Governor-General Office Museum (today’s National Taiwan Museum) formally opens, becoming the first large-scale museum in Taiwan.
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Yu Qingfan and others in southern Taiwan conspire to resist the Japanese, leading to the “Tapani Incident,” also known as the “Xilai Temple Incident.”
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The Library of the Governor-General Office of Taiwan formally opens.
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Huang Tu-shui receives a recommendation to the Eastern Association’s study abroad program; in October, he is accepted as an elective student to the Sculpting Division at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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Wada Eisaku composes paintings featuring scenery of China and Southeast Asia, which are exhibited in the Southeast Asia Hall of Taiwan Industrial Competitive Exhibition.
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The Governor-General Office holds the “Taiwan Industrial Competitive Exhibition.”
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Biographies of Taiwanese Gentry is published.
The Tokyo Tatsumi Painting Society exhibits 250 works of its members at the 2nd exhibition hall of Taiwan Industrial Competitive Exhibition. The exhibition of famous Japanese painters takes place at the Maruyama Gohuku store on Fuqian St. in Taipei.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro resigns and returns to Japan.
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Liu Chin-tang is accepted into the Western Painting Division of Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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The Taiwan Amateur Photography Society holds regular meeting and exhibition.
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Ishikawa Toraji comes to Taiwan, exhibits 50 works at the Taiwan Railway Hotel, and takes a trip to southern Taiwan for composing paintings in February, then holds another solo exhibition at the Railway Hotel in March.
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The chapter on the Atayal aborigines, the first volume of Ushinosuke Mori’s Record of Taiwanese Aborigines, is published.
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Graduates from Department of Normal Education at Taiwan Governor-General’s National Language School
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Takes up post as instructor at Chiayi Public School.
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Gohara Koto arrives in Taiwan and begins teaching at the Taichung First Senior High School.
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The division of history of the Taipei Museum exhibits objects, calligraphy pieces and paintings relative to Taiwan history.
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Taiwanese students in Tokyo organize the “Enlightenment Association.”
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The Taiwan Nanshū Painting Society holds an exhibition at Hinomaru Hall and publishes Landscape Paintings Album in August.
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Ni Chiang-huai's House in Taiwan is exhibited in the 2nd Members’ Competitive Exhibition of the Japanese Watercolor Painting Society. It receives an honorable mention.
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Marries Chang Chieh, the second daughter of a distinguished family from Nanmen, Chiayi.
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In the summer of 1918, Lin Xiantang and others go to Tokyo and start the “Movement of Abolishing Law Title 63.”
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The southern school painter Suka Hojo's Farewell Exhibition is held in Hinomaru Hall.
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The “Taiwan Education Rescript” is issued. Under the guiding principle of separating Taiwanese and Japanese education, they were integrated to form an education system including universal education, industrial education, normal education, and vocational education.
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Members of the Tokyo Shibakō Society, such as Kinoshita Seigai and Koboyashi Hōsame, come to Taiwan to compose plein air paintings. They hold an exhibition of their works at the Railway Hotel and Tainan Public Hall.
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The Taiwan Governor-General Office’s building is completed.
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The Taiwan Amateur Painter Society holds an exhibition at the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office then another at Tainan Public Hall in June.
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Taipei collectors such as Lin Xiongguang hold an Antique Paintings Exhibition at Taiwan Governor-General Office’s Museum.
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Liu Chin-tang holds a solo exhibition at Girl's Public School in Taichung.
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The Painting Division of the Normal School teaches plein air as its primary curriculum, while the Division of Commerce focuses on handicrafts.
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Eldest daughter Ziwei is born.
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Kenjiro Den becomes the first civilian Governor-General of Taiwan. Following the policy of “Mainland Extensionism,” changing the previous colonial government policy of “Separated Ruling.”
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Lian Yatang’s A Taiwan History is published.
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Ishikawa Toraji arrives in Taiwan to paint for the Governor-General Office's Conference Room with two wall-paintings, The Rising Sun and The Setting Sun, depicting the rising sun and the setting Western sun borrowed from the Eight Grand Scenes of Taiwan. In April, Okada Saburosuke composes a wall painting Prince Kitashirakawa Miya’s Arrival (or Landing) in Aodi for the Governor-General’s Office.
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With Cai Shigu, Lin Chenglu, Wu Sanlian as the core Taiwanese students studying in Tokyo, they form the “New People Association.” It carries on the political reform movements of its predecessor, the “Enlightenment Association.” Its official publication, Taiwan Youth, begins publication in July of the same year.
The Photography Album’s regular meeting takes place at the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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Huang Tu-shui graduates from the Division of Sculpting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and continues on to the school's graduate program.
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Transfers to Huzinei Campus of Shuikutou Public School
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Huang Tushui’s “Aboriginal Child” statue is selected for the second Imperial Exhibition.
Huang Tushui’s “Aboriginal Child” statue is selected for the second Imperial Exhibition.
The Akatsuchi Western Painting Society is founded. Their 1st Exhibition is held in December at the Taipei Club.
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Lin Xiantang and others put forth the “Petition for the Establishment of a Taiwan Parliament” to the Imperial Diet, leading to the “Petition Movement for Establishing a Taiwan Parliament.”
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A Record of Taiwan’s Social Customs, compiled by Iwao Kataoka, is published.
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The Western style painter Narahara Masuta travels to Polisha and Lake Candidius (Sun-Moon Lake) to compose en plein air paintings. He exhibits his works at Taiwan Governor-General Office’s Museum. The next year, in April, he returns to Taiwan.
Liu Chin-tang graduates from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He then moves to Beijing and changes name to Wang Yuezhi.
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Along with the amendment of Public School Regulations, curriculums of the Painting Division are revised, and the Handicraft Division is changed to be the curriculum under the Commerce Division.
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Huang Tu-shui's work Sweet Dew is selected for the 3rd Imperial Art Exhibition (Teiten).
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The Taiwanese Cultural Association is established, with Lin Xiantang as president.
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In conjunction with the Shinchiku Kai (Hsinchu Street) Hygiene Education Exhibition, Li Yiqiao, Zheng Yunshi, Fan Yaogeng, Zhang Chunfu and others host the Past and Present Painting Exhibition at the Guandi Temple of the South City Gate.
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“Title 3” goes into effect, while “Title 31” is repealed.
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The new “Taiwan Education Rescript” is issued, going into effect on April 1. It stipulates that in secondary education and above (excluding normal schools) Japan and Taiwan would follow the same education system, thus carrying out the policy of “Mainland Extensionism.”
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Gohara Koto and Siozuki Toho hold a joint exhibition in the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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Yan Shuilong is admitted into the Western Painting Division of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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Huang Tu-shui receives a commission from the Empress and the Imperial Regent and composes the works Mikado Pheasant and Kajika for the Ministry of the Imperial Household.
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The “Taiwan Parliament Establishment Alliance Association” is formed, a political organization set up for pushing the Petition Movement for Establishing a Taiwan Parliament.
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Huang Chengcong, Huang Chaoqin and others in the Year 4, Number 1 issue of Taiwan Magazine publish “On the New Mission of the Popularization of Vernacular Writing” and “Discussion on Reforming Written Chinese.” The articles call on the Governor-General to retain the written Chinese course in the schools, as well as switch to using vernacular writing.
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The Governor-General’s Office holds an Education Exhibition at the Taipei First Senior High School. The works at display include art and craft pieces by children from elementary schools and public schools.
Wang Baiyuan is accepted into the Painting Program of the Normal Division at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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After Taiwan Youth, Taiwanese students in Tokyo launch the Taiwan People’s Newspaper, in written Chinese, and publish in Tokyo. It came to be known as the “Only Outlet for Speech for Taiwanese.”
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The Crown Prince (Prince Hirohito, later taking the throne as Emperor Shōwa) arrives in Taiwan, taking a 12-day sightseeing tour.
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Prince Hirohito visits Taiwan and attends the Education Exhibitions of Taipei Normal School, its affiliated elementary school, Taihei (Taiping) Public School, and Taipei First Senior High School. Huang Tu-shui's Three Year Old Child, Li Hsueh-chiao’s One Hundred Crabs and other such works are presented to the Prince.
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Due to the Great Kantō earthquake, the Imperial Art Exhibition (Teiten) is suspended. Taiwanese painters and Huang Tu-shui donate their works for disaster relief.
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The Taipei Educational Society hosts a National Children’s Open Crayon Art Exhibit, which is held at the Aki Elementary School with the display of reference materials. Afterwards, this exhibit travels to Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro comes to Taiwan for the second time and is engaged as a teacher by Taipei Normal School.
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Resigns from position at Huzinei Campus of Shuikutou Public School.
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Liao Chi-chun and Chen Cheng-po are accepted by the Normal Education Division in Painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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Enters the Normal Education Division in Painting at Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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Yamamoto Kanae is invited to Taiwan by the Governor-General’s Office to survey Taiwan's native arts and crafts. He brings suggestions for Taiwan's industrial art. In May, he accepts an invitation from the Education Society to lecture on industrial arts and crafts.
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Second daughter Bi-nu is born.
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Zhang Wojun publishes “A Letter to Taiwan’s Youth” in the Taiwan People’s Newspaper, attacking old literature, and thereby opening the way for the Taiwanese New Literature Movement.
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Huang Tushui's City Outskirts is selected for the 5th Imperial Art Exhibition (Teiten).
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Using violating “Public Order Police Law” as a pretext, the government carries out sentences on members of the large-scale unarmed Japanese resistance movement held at the end of 1923. Cai Peihuo, Juang Weishui are imprisoned for 4 months, while Lin Chenglu, Cheng Fengyuan and Cai Huiru are sentenced to 3 months imprisonment.
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During the Cisheng Temple’s Renewal Festival in Twatutia, the temple hosts a showcase of many antiques. Li Yiqiao, Fan Yaogeng and others host the Past and Present: Noted Painters Exhibition in Taihei machi (Taiping St.).
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Taiwanese students from Taipei Normal School go on strike. They appeal to the governance of the school, newspaper and the Governor-General with an accusation that the school “violated the spirit of mutual education,” leading to the unequal treatment of Taiwanese students. As a result, the school expels more than 30 students, including Taiwan’s first generation of Western Painter, Chen Zhiqi, Japanese resistance volunteer army member Li Youbang, and founder of the Taiwan communist party, Lin Mushun.
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Cheng Zhiqi is expelled as a result of a protest incident at the Taipei Normal School.
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Holds solo exhibitions in Taipei and Chiayi.
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Masaki Naohiko, Dean of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, visits Taiwan and lectures at the Taipei School of Business.
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Yang Yunping publishes Taiwan’s first vernacular Chinese magazine Everyone.
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Chen Zhiqi is accepted into the Western Painting Division of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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An exhibition is held to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Japanese colonial administration of Taiwan, the largest held yet.
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His work Southern Country Sunset is selected for the 2nd Hakujitsukai Exhibition
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Li Yingzhang founds the “Erlin Sugarcane Farmers’ Association,” the precursor to the Taiwan farmer’s movement.
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A conflict erupts between the sugarcane farmers and the Lin Benyuan Family Sugar Manufacturing Company, leading to the first farmer’s resistance movement in Taiwan, the “Erlin Incident.”
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Shiotsuki Toho holds a Western painting exhibition at the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office. In December, Kinoshita Seigai holds a Japanese painting exhibition in the Museum.
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The Hsinchu Painting Association holds an exhibition at Shinchiku First Public School, the Temple of City God, and the Guandi Temple.
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In Tokyo, Xu Naicheng, Yang Kui, Su Xin, Yang Yunping and others establish the “Taiwan New Culture Association.”
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Shiotsuki Toho advises the Kurotsubo Society. Their 1st oil painting exhibition is held in the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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The Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo holds an island-wide Public School Children's Exhibition, including works of freestyle paintings and calligraphy.
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In collaboration with the Competitive Exhibition and the sponsorship of the Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo, the Taichung Youth Society hosts both Ancient Paintings and Children's Exhibition. Also, an Antique Painting Exhibition is held at Taichung’s City Hall.
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Huang Tu-shui's Southern Country Landscape is selected for the Prince Shōtoku Commemorative Art Exhibition. In December, he brings his work Sakyamuni back to Taiwan and dedicates it to the Longshan Temple for display and worship.
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Jian Ji, Zhao Gang, Huang Shishun and others start the “Taiwan Farmer’s Association.”
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His works Southern Country River Shore and Peaceful Southern Country are selected for the 3rd Hakujitsukai Exhibition
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The Chi-Hsiung Painting Society holds the 1st exhibition. Members include LanYinding, Ni Chiang-huai, Cheng Cheng-po, Chen Zhiqi, etc.
The Chi-Hsing Painting Society's first exhibition is held in the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office. The group's members include Lan Yinding, Ni Chiang-huai, Chen Cheng-po, Chen Zhiqi and etc.
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Lin Xiongguang, Wei Qingde, and Ozaki Hotsuma hold a posthumous calligraphy works exhibition for Lü Shiyi, Xie Guanqiao, and Ye Donggu in the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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His work Outside Chiayi Street is selected for the 7th Imperial Art Exhibition (Teiten)
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Eldest son Chung-kuang is born
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Japanese Painting Society in Taiwan is founded and holds an exhibition.
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His works Snowy Landscape and Mazu Temple are selected for the 23rd Taiheiyo Painting Society Exhibition.
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His work Chiayi Public Hall is selected for the 8th Central Art Exhibition.
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Graduates from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and continues with graduate program at the same school.
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Is selected for the 4th Kaijusha Exhibition for his paintings Museum in Autumn and Lookout to Asakusa.
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His works Tokyo National Museum in Autumn and Snowy Town are selected for the 4th Hakujitsukai Exhibition.
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Returns to Taiwan for a solo exhibition and exhibits 61 works. (6.27~6.30 at the Taipei Museum and 7.8~7.10 at the Chiayi Public Hall)
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Taiwan’s first political party, the “Taiwanese People’s Party,” is formed.
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The Taiwan People’s Newspaper is formally switched to publishing in Taiwan.
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The Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo announces the results from the poll for New Eight Sceneries of Taiwan.
The Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo announces the results from the poll for New Eight Sceneries of Taiwan.
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Along with Liao Chi-chun and others, founds the Chih-Yang Western Painting Society and hosts 1st exhibition.
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The Chih-Yang Western Painting Society hosts its first exhibition at the Tainan Public Hall. The group's members include Tokyo Fine Arts School alumni: Chen Cheng-po, Liao Chi-chun, Fan Hongjia, He Delai, Yan Shuilong.
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Chi-Hsiung Painting Society holds the 2nd Exhibition.
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Returns to Japan (Tokyo).
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Under the supervision of Ishikawa Kinichiro, the Taiwan Watercolor Painting Society is founded and holds its first exhibition in November.
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Street Scene on a Summer Day is selected for the 8th Imperial Art Exhibition.
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His work National Museum is selected for the 1st Taiwan Art Exhibition (also known as Taiten)
The Taiwan Education Association holds the 1stTaiwan Art Exhibition (Taiten), which features both oriental and western paintings.
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Co-stages a calligraphy and painting exhibition with Lin Yushan at the Chiayi Public Hall.
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The Green Banyan Society, Tainan's Western painting society, is founded. Chen Cheng-po and Liao Chi-chun are hired as painting advisors.
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The Chinese painter Wang Ya’nan holds a solo exhibition at Taipei’s Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office. This exhibition later goes on tour in southern and central Taiwan.
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Travels to Taipei for a planned plein air painting trip in Tamsui and Beitou; returns to Tokyo on the 23rd.
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His work Snow-Capped Mt. Jade is selected for the 5th Hakujitsukai Exhibition.
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Tainan's Youshan Poetry Society holds a painting exhibition at the Baoen Hall.
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Chen Qingfen’s European works are displayed in a Commemorative Exhibition at the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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His work By the Shinobatsu Pond is selected for the 3rd Society 1930 Exhibition.
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His work Scenery from the Yearend is selected for the 5th Kaijusha Exhibition.
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His work Southern Country Campus is selected for the 24th Taiheiyo Exhibition.
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His work Snowy Landscape is selected for the 15th Kofukai Exhibition.
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Taihoku (Taipei) Imperial University is founded.
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Chiayi's Su Xiaode, Lin Woyun, Wu Bailou, and Lai Shuyao form the Crow Society for the purpose of studying Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Chen Huikun is accepted into the Normal Division in Painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, while Guo Bochuan is accepted into the Western Painting Division.
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Xie Xuehong and others found the “Taiwanese Communist Party” in Shanghai.
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The Shanhua Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition is held at the Shanhua Library and Public Hall. The event features more than 500 works from island wide.
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He exhibits 40 of his works at Xuying College in Xiamen (Amoy).
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His works Echoey Valley and Qianttang River are selected for the Fujian Provincial Art Exhibition
Huang Tu-shui completes his work on the sculpture of the couple of Kuninoomia Prince and Princess.
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Chi-Hsiung Painting Society holds the 3rd Exhibition.
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Travels to Taipei and makes a sketch of Longshan Temple in Wanhua.
Kanori Inō’s Records of Taiwanese Culture is published.
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His works Longshan Temple (special selection) and West Lake Canal are selected for the 2nd Taiwan Art Exhibition.
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Chen's Longshan Temple and Huang Tushui's Sakyamuni Buddha are exhibited in the conference hall of Longshan Temple.
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The Shinchiku Prefectural Education Society holds the 1st School Art Exhibition at the Shinchiku Girl's Public School.
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Leaves for Tokyo; returns to Taiwan at the end of December.
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Is hired by the Shanghai Xinhua University of Fine Art and appointed as a professor of the Western Painting Division. (On January of the following year, the school was renamed to the Xinhua Art College. This school was opened in 1926 and ran until its closing in 1941.)
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The Hsinchu Yijing Painting Association is established at Hsinchu’s Public Hall. In August, they hold the National Painting Exhibition. In October, they publish The Great Painting and Calligraphy in Taiwan.
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His works Boating on West Lake, Hangzhou Landscape, and Self Portrait are selected for the 4th Hongou Art Exhibition.(This exhibition is rename Shundai Arts Exhibition in the following year.)
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His work Dongpu Bridge at West Lake is selected for the 6th Kaijusha Exhibition.
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Graduates from graduate school at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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Li Meishu is accepted into the Western Painting Division at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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His works Stream and Afternoon at the Silk Shop are selected for the 1st National Fine Art Exhibition in Shanghai.
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The Taiwanese People’s Party issues leaflets, calling on the authorities to abolish the system requiring Taiwanese to apply for a “China Travel Certificate” permit from the authorities to go to China.
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Four works featured in the West Lake Art Exposition, including Sunlight glint off the Lake, The Bund Park, Nude Chinese Female, and Tong-Jiang Bridge of Hangzhou.
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Appointed Director of Western Painting Division at Xinhua University of Fine Art.
Ni Chiang-huai sponsors the founding of the Taiwan Painting Institute with Ishikawa Kinichiro, Chen Zhiqi, Yang Sanlang, and Lan Yinding as advisors.
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Eizō Ishizuka becomes Governor-General.
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Participates the foundation of the Chidao Association and exhibits three of his works including West Lake Landscape, Dongpu Bridge at West Lake and Echoey Valley in in 1st Chidao Association Exhibition.
The Western Painting Group, the Chidao Association, holds its first exhibition. Group members include first generation Taiwanese artists: Chen Cheng-po, Chen Zhiqi, Liao Chi-chun, and Yang Sanlang.
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Tadao Yanaihara’s Taiwan Under Imperialism is published in Japan.
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His work Early Spring is selected for the 10th Imperial Art Exhibition
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His works Late Autumn (Special selection; review exemption), Remnant Snow on the Broken Bridge of West Lake (now called Stream) (review exemption), and Front Temple at Putuo Mountain (review exemption) are all selected for the 3rd Taiwan Art Exhibition.
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His work Hangzhou Landscape are selected for the 7th Kaijusha Exhibition
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His work Puji Temple at Putuo Mountain is selected for the 2nd Prince Shōtoku Commemorative Art Exhibition. Royal family, Kuninoomia, present him a memorial trophy.
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Hired by Changming School of Fine Art. (founded by Wang Yi-ting and others in Spring, 1930)
The oriental painting group, Sandalwood Association, is established and holds an exhibition at Taipei Xiexing Society. Members include: Kinoshita Seigai, Gohara Koto, Chen Jin, Murakami Hideo and etc.
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Yoichi Hatta takes charge of the irrigation project and completes the Jianan Irrigation Waterways.
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Lin Yushan and other artists from southern Taiwan form the Chun-meng Painting Society and hold their first exhibition at the Tainan Public Hall.
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His works Putuo Mountain on the South Sea , Violent wind and Billows, and View of Yotsuya are selected for the 2nd Chidao Association Exhibition.
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Returns to Taiwan from Shanghai.
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Moves his family to Shanghai.
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Holds solo exhibition of 75 works.
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The “Taiwan Local Self-Government League” is established.
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Accepts commission from former Governor-General Mannoshin Kamiyama to compose en plein air paintings at Qili River on Taiwan's East Coast.
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The Xiamen Fine Arts School's Huang Suibi, Lin Xueda, and Wang Yiyun visit Taiwan.
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The 3-6-9 Tabloid Paper begins publication, collecting various old writings, folk songs, essays and novels.
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Chen Qingfen's View of the Pantheon is selected by Paris' the Salon d’Automne.
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His works Beach at Putuo Mountain (non-juried work) and Huqiu Mountain of Suzhou (non-juried work) are selected for the 4th Taiwan Art Exhibition
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The Taiwan Tricentennial Cultural Exhibition opens at the Tainan Nanmen Elementary School. The Photography Exhibition is held at site of Tainan's Fort Zeelandia and the History Exhibition is held at the old Tainan Shinto Shrine Museum..
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The “Wushe Uprising” occurs, with Mahebo leader Mona Rudo leading his people. 134 Japanese in Wushe are all killed in the uprising.
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Huang Tu-shui completes his work Herd of Water Buffalo. He falls ill and passes away in Tokyo.
Huang Tu-shui completes his work Herd of Water Buffalo. He falls ill and passes away in Tokyo.
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Acts as the Director of the Normal Education Division at Changming School of Fine Art.
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Huang Zhou’s “Proposal for Arranging Folksongs” is carried in Taiwan Shinmin News, calling on everyone from all walks of life to gather together Taiwan’s local folksongs.
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Taiwan Governor-General Eizō Ishizuka admits responsibility for the Wushe Uprising and resigns. The 14th Governor-General, Masahiro Ōta, orders the dissolution of the Taiwanese People’s Party not long after taking office.
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Exhibits Portrait at the Xinhua Art College Exhibition (Xinhua Painting Exhibition).
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A Japanese modern painting group, the Independent Arts Association, comes to Taiwan and holds an exhibition at the old government building of the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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Li Shih-chiao is accepted into the Western Painting Division of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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Exhibits his work Human Form (now called Female Nude) at the 2nd Yiyuan Exhibition
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Exhibits five of his works, including Shanghai Outskirt and Portrait of Male (now called Self Portrait) at the 3rd Chidao Association Exhibition.
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Shiotsuki Toho establishes the Kyōmachi Painting Studio. In July, a summer seminar is held.
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Chen Zhiqi passes away. In September, a memorial exhibition is held in the old government building of the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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A Memorial Ceremony for Huang Tu-shui is held at the branch temple of Soto School of Zen Buddhism in Taipei. A posthumous works exhibition is held in May at the old government building of the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office.
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With Ide Kaoru and Endou Kumi as designers, the Taiwan Education Association Building is constructed.
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Jiang Weishui falls ill and passes away.
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Yan Shuilong's Girl and Paris are selected by the Paris' the Salon d’Automne.
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Mukden Incident (Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September) occurs.
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Lin Xiantang’s serial publication in Taiwan Shinmin News, World Travel Notes, is completed.
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His work Keyuan Garden, Souzhou is selected for the 5th Taiwan Art Exhibition.
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Third daughter Baimei is born.
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Gou Qiusheng and others found the literature and art magazine Southern Sound.
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His work West Lake Landscape is selected for the 7th Shundai Arts Exhibition.
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January 28 Incident (First Shanghai Incident) occurs.
January 28 Incident (First Shanghai Incident) occurs.
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Moves family from Shanghai back to Taiwan.
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Wu Yongfu, Zhang Wenhuan, Wang Baiyuan and others found the “Taiwan Art Research Society” in Tokyo.
The Taiwan Art Society is founded in Tokyo. In the next year, the Society is re-organized and publishes the Formosa art magazine in July.
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Ishikawa Kinichiro returns to Japan to reside indefinitely. The Ichiro Society is founded in his honor.
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The Taiwan Shinmin News publishes a daily edition, the art and culture reporter Lin Jinhong writes a commentary on art.
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Yang Kui’s first story Paper Deliverer, is published as a serial in Taiwan Shinmin News..
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Returns to Taiwan from Shanghai.
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The Commercial Art Exhibition is held in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung.
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He Delai organizes the Hsinchu Western Painting Companions Art Exhibition, which is held at the Shinchiku Commercial Goods Exhibition Hall.
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Attends frist regulation drafting meeting of the Juelan Society at the Plum Garden Restaurant in Shanghai.
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Yang Sanlang's La Seine is selected by Paris' the Salon d’Automne.
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His work Sunset at the Pine Residence is selected for the 6th Taiwan Art Exhibition
The 6th Taiwan Art Exhibition (Taiten) jurors include Taiwanese artists: Chen Jin for oriental paintings and Liao Chi-chun for western paintings. (Yan Shuilong join these ranks for the 8th).
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Nanying News Publishing Co.'s Lin Xiqing hosts the National Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition at the Taiwan Education Association Building. The next year, in May, Dongning Ink Works is published.
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Kaijusha is disbanded
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His work represents the Republic of China at the Chicago World's Fair.
Chidao Association is disbanded.
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The Taipei Connoisseur Colleagues Association holds its 1st Exhibition at the Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo building.
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Yan Shuilong serves as painter and advertisement designer for Osaka Smoca Tooth Powder.
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Yan Shuilong presents his European Works Exhibition at the Taiwan Education Association Building, and a symposium is also held. This exhibition then tours in Taichung and Tainan.
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Alishan National Park Society publishes An Introduction to Niitaka-Ali Mountain, a bilingual brochure, in both Japanese and English. A picture diagram-style birds-eye view map presents Alishan’s industrial landscape and ecological beauty.
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The Ichiro Society and Sandalwood Association hold a joint exhibition at the Taiwan Education Association Building.
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Rerturns to Taiwan.(Settles down?)
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His work Spring at West Lake is selected for the 7th Taiwan Art Exhibition.
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Keelung natives Tu Chuanhe, XuYinglin, Xiao Yumu, Li Bishan, and Luo Qingyun organize the Dongbi Painting Research Association. Ni Chiang-huai is its Director and their first exhibition is held at the Assembly Hall of Unification of Customs in Keelung.
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Kuwata Kiyoshi and others form the Xinxing Western Painting Association. Their 1st exhibition is held at the Taiwan Education Association Building.
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The Reikō Society members Lin Yushan, Lu Tiezhou, Guo Xuehu, and Chen Jinghui host a joint exhibition at the Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo building.
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Yang Sanlang exhibits his European Works at the Taiwan Education Association Building, and then in Taichung in February.
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“Taiwan Literature and Art Alliance” is established in Taichung, with Lai He serving as the head of the group.
The Taiwan Literature and Art Alliance is formed in Taichung by Zhang Shenqie, Zhang Xingjian, and others. Their bulletin Taiwan Literature and Art is published in November and the paintings of Yang Sanlang, Yan Shuilong, Chen Cheng-po, Li Shiqiao, and Liao Chi-chun are featured on the cover.
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After talks among Lin Xiantang and thirty others, it is decided to end the “Petition Movement for Establishing a Taiwan Parliament.”
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Travels to Tokyo. Sends works for review at the Imperial Art Exhibition.
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His work Spring at West Lake is selected for the 15th Imperial Art Exhibition.
Chen Jin's work Ensemble is selected for the 15th Imperial Art Exhibition (Teiten).
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His works, Bagua Mountain (a Taiten special selection) and Streets are selected for the 8th Taiwan Art Exhibition. He receives qualification of Five-year review exemption.
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Zhang Shenqie and others found the Taiwan Literature and Art magazine.
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He Delai returns to Tokyo. A Farewell Exhibition is held at Hsinchu’s Public Hall.
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Attends the inaugural ceremony for the Tai-Yang Art Society at the Railway Hotel.
The Tai-Yang Art Society holds an inaugural ceremony. Members include Chen Cheng-po, Cheng Qingfen, Yang Sanlang, Li Meishu, Li Shih-chiao, Liao Chi-chun, Yan Shuilong, and Tateishi Tetsuomi.
The Tai-Yang Art Society holds an inaugural ceremony. Members include Chen Cheng-po, Cheng Qingfen, Yang Sanlang, Li Meishu, Li Shih-chiao, Liao Chi-chun, Yan Shuilong, and Tateishi Tetsuomi.
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Second son Qianmin is born.
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Matsugasaki Ahata and others establishes the Taiwan Arts Alliance with four divisions: painting, sculpting, engraving, and literature. The inaugural meeting is held at the Taiwan Railway Hotel at the end of January in the following year.
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Lu Heruo publishes his first short story Ox Cart in Japan’s Literary Review magazine.
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His works Southern Country Street Scene and By the Shinobatsu Pond are selected for the 15th Kofukai Exhibition.
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Lan Yinding completes the commission of The painting album for Aboriginal Elementary School.
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A large earthquake occurs in Hsinchu and Taichung Prefectures, with countless homes lost and severe casualties.
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His works Leafy Shade, Summer, Peony, At Dusk,Streets, Spring at West Lake and Remnant Snow Capped Mt. Jade are selected for the 1st Tai-Yang Art Exhibition.
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Tateishi Tetsuomi, Nishikawa Mitsuru and Miyata Yatarō organize a print making group.
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Taiwanese oriental and western painters gather to form the Six Inkstones Society. Their goal is to design an art museum for the purpose of promoting art education.
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The 40th Anniversary of Colonial Administration on Taiwan is celebrated with the publishing of a Taiwan Expo post card album.
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Tainan City designs the Tainan History Museum for the purpose of hosting an expo. They commission Kobayakawa Tokushirō to compose 20 paintings of historical events. In 1939 these painting are compiled in prints: Taiwan Historical Paintings Album.
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An “Exhibition for the 40-year anniversary of colonial administration” is held until November 28.
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His works Spring at Ali Mountain and Tamsui Landscape are selected (review exemption) for the 9th Taiwan Art Exhibition.
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Taiwan’s first local (city, street and village levels) representative election is held, an important milestone in Taiwan’s history of local autonomy.
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New Taiwanese Literature begins publication, with Yang Kui and Yang Shouyu as editors.
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Attends Dialogue on the Arts organized by Taiwan Literature and Art Alliance (Taiwan Bungei Remmei). (Asahi Hall, Taipei)
The Taiwan Literature and Art Alliance hosts a General Art Symposium. Participants include Taiwanese painters Yang Sanlang, Chen Cheng-po, Lin Jinhong, Cao Qiupu and others.
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Gohara Koto resigns from Taipei Third Girls High School and returns to Japan. A Farewell Exhibition is hosted by the Six Inkstones Society.
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His work Daguan Hall at Tamsui is selected for the 23rd Kofukai Exhibition.
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His works A Distant View of Guanyin Mountain, Tamsui Landscape, Beitou Hotspring, Yiyuan Garden (now called Linlang Mountain Hall) and Zhishan Rock are all exhibited in the 2nd Tai-Yang Art Exhibition.
The 2nd Tai-Yang Art Exhibition is held at the Taiwan Education Association Building, but Li Shih-chiao's Reclining Nude is banned.
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Seizō Kobayashi becomes the 17th Governor-General of Taiwan. Following the policies of “Kominka (becoming loyal imperial subjects),” “Industrialization,” and “Forming a Base for Southern Advance,” Taiwan becomes the base from which the Japanese empire advances south.
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The works of Cheng Cheng-po's eldest daughter Ziwei, second daughter Bi-nu, and eldest son Tsung-kuang are all selected by the Taiwan Calligraphy Association's 1st National Calligraphy Exhibition.
The Taiwan Calligraphy Society holds the 1st National Calligraphy Exhibition at the Taiwan Education Association Building.
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Umehara Ryuzaburo serves for the second time as the juror of Taiwan Art Exhibition .
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His works Hill (also called Tamsui Secondary School) and Meandering Pass are selected for the 10th Taiwan Exhibition (review exemption). (This exhibition was suspended the following year because of the outbreak of war between Japan and China.)
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Travels to Tokyo.
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Construction on Taipei City Hall (now Taipei Zhongshan Hall) is completed.
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With Ide Kaoru as designer, the Taipei Public Hall is constructed. Huang Tu-shui's family donates his work Southern Country (also known as Herd of Water Buffalo).
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Yan Shuilong submits a proposal to the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office for the establishment of an Arts and Crafts School.
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The Taipei Calligraphy Research Association hosts the New Year's Calligraphy Assembly at the Taiwan Railway Hotel. 410 certificates of induction are given out.
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“National Language (Japanese) Family” is put into effect in Taipei Prefecture, eventually other areas begin to follow suit.
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His work Tamsui Landscape is selected for the 24th Kofukai Exhibition.
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Liu Qixiang exhibits his European works at the Taiwan Education Association Building.
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His works Harbor, Myougi Mountain, The Red House,Ali Mountain, andWhite Horse are selected for the 3rd Tai-Yang Art Exhibition.
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Marco Polo Bridge Incident Occurs.
Marco Polo Bridge Incident Occurs.
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In lieu of the recent outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the 11th Taiwan Art Exhibition (Taiten) is cancelled by the Governor-General’s Office. In October, a group of artists holds the Taiwan Artists’ Painting Exhibition for Comforting Japanese Imperial Army at the Taiwan Education Association Building. This is done as a patriotic fundraiser.
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Taiwanese troops are drafted and dispatched to the battlefield in China for the first time.
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Taiwan Artists’ Exhibition for Comforting Japanese Imperial Army. (hosted by the Tai-Yang Society)
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The Office for the Mobilization of the National Spirit invites submissions for the “Song of the Times,” held in Taipei City Hall.
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His work Chiayi Amusement Park is selected for the 25th Kofukai Exhibition
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MOUVE Western Art Group hosts their 1st exhibition at the Taiwan Education Association Building. Participants include: Zhang Wanchuan, Chen Dewang, Hong Ruilin, Chen Chunde, Xu Shengji and Huang Qingcheng.
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Chen's works Female Nude, Dahlia, Jiantan Temple, Sunrise at Mt. Jade, Biantian Pond (now called Chiayi Park), Chiayi Park,Flame Tree, and Myougi Mountain are selected for the 4th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition ( this year's exhibition was dedicated especially to the Imperial Army consolation Gallery )
The Tai-Yang Art Society holds its 4th Exhibition dedicated as a Memorial Exhibition to Huang Tu-shui and Chen Zhiqi.
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The Government-General’s Office announces the implementation of “National Mobilization Law” in Taiwan.
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“Economic Police System” is put into effect, aimed at banning any behavior that violates the wartime economic system.
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Yamamoto Kanae and Yamazaki Shouzou come to Taiwan and host a symposium at the Public Hall on Taiwan's Handicraft's and Indigenous products. In September, their western paintings are exhibited at the Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo building.
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His work Ancient Temple is selected (non-juried work ) for the 1st Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition
The Taiwan Governor-General's Office holds its 1st Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition. Categories include oriental and western paintings.
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The works of military artists are exhibited at the Museum of Taiwan Governor-General’s Office. These include the works of Fujishima Takeji, Ishii Hakutei, and Tsuruta Gorō.
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The Ten Western Style Painters Exhibition is held at the Oriental Painting Gallery.
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The Governor-General Office issues orders to local governments that they should carefully undertake “Temple Rearrangement,” while respecting public opinion.
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The New Works in Modern Japanese Watercolors Exhibition is held in the Taiwan Education Association Building.
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His work Coconut Grove is selected for the 26th Kofukai Exhibition
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Lin Zhizhu graduates from the Western Painting Division at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
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His five works Portrait of Grandmother, Nanyao Temple(now called Waterside), Camel and Spring Day are all exhibited at the 5th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition.
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The Taipei Chamber of Commerce hosts an exhibition of propaganda posters and comfort articles for military relief at the Taipei Public Hall. These works included hand crafted works and paintings by elementary school and public school students.
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The “Encouraging Asian Public Service movement” is implemented.
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Chen travels to Tokyo.
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His work Sound of Waves is selected (by recommendation) for the 2nd Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition.
Iwata Shūkō visits Taiwan's National Park to compose en plein air and hold a solo exhibition.
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Nishikawa Mitsuru establishes the Taiwan Literati Society, and its bulletin Art and Literature in Taiwan is published in the next year.
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Mitsuru Nishikawa, Huang Deshi and others begin Art and Literature in Taiwan magazine. In the same year, many activities are held commemorating the 2600 years of the Japanese Imperial Line, and many new organizations are founded responding to wartime.
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The Governor-General office revises the household registration system, permitting Taiwanese to change their names, that is, allowing Taiwanese to change their Chinese-style names into Japanese-style names.
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His work Waterside is selected for the 27th Kofukai Exhibition.
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As a special member of the Qingchen Art Association in Chiayi, Chen acts as their instructor of Western Painting. Their 1st exhibition is held.
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His six works, including Spring in Jiangnan, Sunrise, Oxbow Lake, etc. are exhibited in the 6th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition
The Sōgen Art Association holds their 1st exhibition at the Taiwan Education Association Building.
The 6th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition adds an oriental painting division.
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Kunishima Mizuma 's comic exhibition Comic Chronicles of Taiwanese History is held at the Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo building. It goes on tour from 6/13-6/25.
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Japan, Germany and Italy sign the “Tripartite Pact,” formally establishing the Axis Powers of World War II.
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The 2600th Anniversary Art Exhibition is held; participants include Ishikawa Kinichiro, Chen Qingfen, Yang Sanlang, Li Meishu, Lan Yinding, Li Shih-chiao, Tateishi Tetsuomi, and Pu Tiansheng.
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Summer Morning is selected for the 3rd Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition.
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Kiyoshi Hasegawa becomes the 18th Governor-General of Taiwan.
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Sogen Art Association holds an invitational exhibition for artists from all over the island, celebrating 2600 years of Japanese royal family.
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Yan Shuilong founds the Nanya Arts and Crafts Society in Tainan.
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His work By the Pond (Shanghai) is selected for the 28th Kofukai Exhibition.
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Wartime Exhibition for Soldiers’ Consolation. The works of "Holy War Art" are on exhibition across the island.
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MOUVE Western Art Group changes their name to Taiwan Plastic Arts Society. Their first exhibition is hosted at the Taiwan Education Association Building.
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The Military Art Association and the Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpo host a military relief exhibition at Taipei Public Hall. It is exhibited in Kaohsiung in April.
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The “Public Service Association of Imperial Subjects”(Kōmin Hōkōkai) is established, with the Governor-General of Taiwan as the chairman, to actively promote the “Kominka Movement”.
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Four of his works, including Landscape, are exhibited in the 7th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition.
The 7th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition adds the sculpting division.
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Taiwan Literature is published.
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Shiotsuki Toho travels to Nanfangao, northeastern corner of Taiwan, and composes a portrait of Sayon. Suziki Eijirō accompanies him.
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Taiwan Folk Culture is published.
Taiwan Folk Culture is published.
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The Sino-Japanese Friendship Art Exhibition is held at the Amoy Commerce Building. The exhibition features the works of artists including Guo Xuehu, Chen Jin and so on.
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The magazine Taiwan Literature hosts a sale of some of the Western paintings. Artists such as Chen Cheng-po, Li Meishu, and Li Shih-chiao donate 50 works for the sale.
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The Sōgen Art Association hosts the Taiwan Holy War Art Exhibition at the Taipei Public Hall.
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Travels to Tokyo.
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Chen's work View of Sin-Lau Girls School is selected for the 4th Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition.
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The Japanese Army launches a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War breaks out.
The Japanese Army launches a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War breaks out.
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Chen's work Flower-Picking Women is selected for the 29th Kofukai Exhibition.
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Enters the Artists League.
The first group of Taiwanese volunteer army solders is enlisted.
Five members of the Tai-Yang Art Exhibition hold a small works of western painting exhibition at the Tianma Tea House. They also sponsor Taiwan Literature.
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Four of his works, including View of Sin-Lau Girls School, are exhibited in the 8th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition
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The “Taiwan Propaganda Public Art Organization” is established.
The “Taiwan Propaganda Public Art Organization” is established.
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The “Sogen Art Association” holds art exhibitions relate to the Great East Asian War in Taipei City Hall.
The “Sogen Art Association” holds art exhibitions relate to the Great East Asian War in Taipei City Hall.
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The Independent Arts Association hosts the western painting summer seminar at the Taipei First Girls Senior High School.
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His work Early Autumn (also called Old Home) is selected (by recommendation) for the 5th Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition.
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Mitsuru Nishikawa, Long Yingzong, Zhang Wenhuan and others participate in the “Greater East Asia Literary Assembly.”
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Tateishi Tetsuomi, Miyata Seikou, and Nishikawa Mitsuru collaborate and publish the Taiwan Picture Book.
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A 6-year compulsory education system begins.
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Yanagi Muneyoshi, the Director of Museum of Japanese Folk Crafts, visits Taiwan and exhibits Taiwanese folk crafts collected across Taiwan in Taipei Public Hall.
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Six of his works, including Chiayi Park, are exhibited in the 9th Tai-Yang Art Exhibition.
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In the committee of Official Taiwan Art Society (Taiwan Bizyutu Hōtkōkai)
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The Official Taiwan Art Society (Taiwan Bizyutu Hōkōkai) is established. In November, the General Affairs Section is established with Shiotsuki Toho presiding as director.
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Travels to Taipei to compose new works.
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The Taiwan Cultural Revival Society is established. Participants include Kanaseki Takeo, Tateishi Tetsuomi, and Yan Shuilong; the Exhibition of Life in the Decisive Battle is held in November.
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The Southern Arts Society publishes the bi-monthly magazine Taiwan Art.
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His work Sin-lau is selected (by recommendation) for the 6th Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition (This exhibition was suspended the following year.)
Chen's second daughter Bi-nu's work Overlook Mt. Xun is selected for the first time in the Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition.
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China, the United States and the U.K. issue the “Cairo Declaration,” stating within the declaration that Manchuria (Dongbei), Formosa (Taiwan), and the Pescadores (Penghu) should be restored to the Republic of China.
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The Official Taiwan Art Society (Taiwan Bizyutu Hōkōkai) heads to Shilin and make record of the collaborative works of students from the north . Later the Society hosts the Kikumoto Department Store Exhibition, featuring the sketches of Tateishi Tetsuomi and Haebaru Choukou, and the poems of Nishikawa Mitsuru, Zhang Wenhuan and others.
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The Governor-General’s Office orders that Taiwan’s 6 daily newspapers should be combined to a single newspaper, the Taiwan New Newspaper. This was done in order to completely supervise wartime news as well as save manpower and resources.
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The KMT, in order to prepare for recovering Taiwan, establishes the “Taiwan Investigation Committee” in Chongqing.
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His works Approach to the Shrine, Gateway of Shinto Shrine, Looktoward Xinbeitou, and Air Raid Drills are selected for the 10th Tai-Yang Inivitational Art Exhibition.
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Through the sponsorship of the Japanese Military News Department, the Public Service Association of Imperial Subjects, the Naval Office, and the Governor-General’s Office, the Official Taiwan Art Society (Taiwan Bizyutu Hōkōkai) hosts the Imminent Victory Exhibition at the Taipei Public Hall.
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The US military begin bombing raids on Taiwan.
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Chen Cheng-po serves as Deputy Director of the Chiayi Preparation Committee for Welcoming the Nationalist Government.
Serves as Director of the Chiayi Self-Governance Committee.
Chen joins the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
Chen Jin returns to Taiwan.
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Conscription is thoroughly carried out in Taiwan.
The Tai-Yang Art Society Exhibition is suspended.
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The Japanese Government decides to accept the “Potsdam Declaration,” and unconditionally surrender. Through radio broadcast, the Japanese emperor announces his Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
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The People’s Press begins publication, the first Chinese language newspaper published by Taiwanese after the war.
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China and Japan hold a ceremony handing over Taiwan in Taipei City Hall (now Zhongshan Hall). The Executive Office of Taiwan Province begins, with Chen Yi as the first chief executive.
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The magazine Xinxin begins publication.
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Shiotsuki Toho returns to Japan. Kinoshita Seigai returns to Japan in the same year.
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A senate is established in each county and city around early April, and the senator indirect election system forms.
Liao Dezheng graduates from the Western Painting Division at Tokyo School of Fine Arts and returns to Taiwan; Liu Chi-hsiang returns to Taiwan in the same year.
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“Taiwan Province National Language Promotion Committee” is established, actively promoting the National Language Movement.
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Elected as City Councilor of the 1st Chiayi City Council.
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The “Taiwan Provincial Senate” is established.
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The Taiwan provincial executive office announces the “Method of Restoring Original Names for the People of Taiwan Province,” stating that Taiwanese using Japanese names need to apply for restoring their names within three months.
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The magazine Taiwan Culture begins publication.
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Appointed as juror for the 1st Taiwan Provincial Art Exhibition and exhibits his works Celebration Day, Amusement Park and Lumber Plant.
Taiwan Provincial Administration Executive Office hosts the Taiwan Provincial Art Exhibition. The first exhibition is held at Zhongshan Hall (previously Taipei Public Hall) and consists of three divisions of Chinese paintings, western paintings, and sculpting.
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The “Constitution of the Republic of China” is announced, and goes into effect on December 25 of the same year.
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A conflict arises when a Tobacco Monopoly Bureau enforcement agent in Taipei prohibits cigarettes smuggling, leading to causalities on both sides. The following day, the seizure of cigarettes lead to mass demonstrations, with the situation eventually turning into the “228 Incident.”
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The Taiwan Garrison Command enacts martial law in Taiwan. Major local leaders in Taiwan, such as Lin Maosheng, Chen Cheng-po, Chen Xin, Wang Tiandeng and others went missing or were killed.
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Embroiled in the 228 incident and is executed by shooting in front of Chiayi Train Station at the age of 52.
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Chen Yi is removed from office. On May 16, the Taiwan Provincial Government is established, with Wei Daoming as the first premier.
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The Construction Department of the Taiwan Provincial Government establishes Arts and Crafts Production Promotion Committee. In November, they host the 1st Provincial Arts and Crafts Exhibition.