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  • [China] Commoners from all over Taiwan donate money to support the costs of war, appoint Tang Jingsong as President and proclaim the era name Yongqing.

    Commoners from all over Taiwan donate money to support the costs of war, appoint Tang Jingsong as President and proclaim the era name Yongqing.
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    Title: [China] Commoners from all over Taiwan donate money to support the costs of war, appoint Tang Jingsong as President and proclaim the era name Yongqing.
    On 29 May 1895, following China's cession of Taiwan to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki, a Japanese army under the command of Admiral Kabayama Sukenori, the first Governor-General, landed in the north-easternmost part of Taiwan to subdue the island. This invasion sparked conflict between the Japanese forces and those Qing Chinese and Taiwanese who opposed the cession. This conflict is called in Japanese the Itsubi Sensō [Itsubi War] after the designation for the year 1895 in the Chinese calendar. This Chinese print shows the proclamation on 25 May of the Republic of Formosa by opponents of the cession and the appointment as its President of Tang Jingsong, who had held the office of xunfu (governor-general), the highest admnistrative office in Taiwan under the Qing. A new era name of Yongqing was also introduced.
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  • [China] Taiwan's officials and prominent citizens refuse to allow cession of territory

    Taiwan's officials and prominent citizens refuse to allow cession of territory
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    Title: [China] Taiwan's officials and prominent citizens refuse to allow cession of territory
    On 29 May 1895, following China's cession of Taiwan to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki, a Japanese army under the command of Admiral Kabayama Sukenori, the first Governor-General, landed in the north-easternmost part of Taiwan to subdue the island. This invasion sparked conflict between the Japanese forces and those Qing Chinese and Taiwanese who opposed the cession. This conflict is called in Japanese the Itsubi Sensō [Itsubi War] after the designation for the year 1895 in the Chinese calendar. In this print officials and military figures of the Qing government such as Tang Jingsong, first President of the Republic of Formosa, and General Liu Yongfu join the leaders of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan to oppose the cession of Taiwan.
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    [Shelfmark： 16126.d.2(13)]
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Documents

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Reference Code： A03023348100 Title： Admiral Viscount Kabayama Sukenori named Governor-General of Taiwan
Document dated 10 May 1895 when Admiral Viscount Kabayama Sukenori was appointed the first Governor-General of Taiwan. Image 1 shows Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi's request for the Emperor's approval of Kabayama's appointment.
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Reference Code： C06062210500 Title： Detailed report of the fighting in northern Taiwan 29 May-9 June 1895 by the Imperial Guards and reconnaissance report for Xinzhu Province
Battle report for the Imperial Guards following their landing in Taiwan. It describes in detail the movements of the various units of the Imperial Guards and fighting they were involved in from their landing at Sandiaojiao (Cape San Diego), a promontory in the far north-east of Taiwan, on 29 May 1895 until early June when they occupied Taipei.
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Reference Code： B13090895300 Title： Official document relating to the handover of Taiwan
Official document dated 2 June 1895, signed by the Japanese plenipotentiary Admiral Kabayama Sukenori, Governor-General of Taiwan, and the Chinese plenipotentiary Li Jingfang, former Qing Minister to Japan, which confirms China's cession of Taiwan to Japan. The signing took place on board a ship off the coast of Jilong (Keelung) north-west of Sandiaojiao (Cape San Diego) where the Japanese forces first landed.