Historical chronology

1866–1879

Umeya Shokichi

Sun Yat-Sen

chronology
1866

1866

○Born in Xiangshan County (present-day Zhongshan City), Guangdong Province, China

1868

○Born in Nagasaki
○Adopted by the Umeya family

1875

○Entered Enokizu Elementary School (aged 7)

1878

○Graduated from Enokizu Elementary School and traveled to Osaka and Kyoto (aged 10)

1878

○Moved to Hawaii, where his brother lived (aged 12)

1879

○Traveled to Shikoku (aged 11)

1879

○Entered Iolani School in Hawaii (aged 13)

1880

1882–1897

Umeya Shokichi

Sun Yat-sen

chronology
1882

1882

○Sailed to Shanghai on the Tsurue-maru, owned by Umeya Shoten (aged 14)

1883

Shokichi, aged 17(※)

17歳の庄吉

1883

○Returned to China (aged 17)

1886

○Departed Japan to study in the United States, but had to evacuate due to a ship fire on the way (aged 18)

1886

Calligraphy by Sun Yat-sen(※)

孫文の書

1887

○Exported rice to Korea suffering a bad crop and made a huge profit, but failed in the autumn due to a bumper crop (aged 19)

1891

○Planned mine development but failed (aged 23)
○Kashii Toku adopted by the Umeya family

1892

○Failed speculation in rice; left for Xiamen, China the following year (aged 24)

1892

○Graduated with honors from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese and began working as a doctor (aged 26)

1894

○Married Toku.adoptive father Kichigoro passed away soon after
○Began Umeya Photo Studio in Hong Kong (aged 26)

1894

○Organized the revolutionary group “Revive China Society” in Hawaii to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (aged 28)

1895

○Met Sun Yat-sen (aged 27)

1895

○Returned to Hong Kong and established the headquarters of the Revive China Society
○Met Umeya Shokichi
○Failed in the Canton Uprising and defected to Japan (aged 29)

1897

Shokichi in the Philippine Revolutionary Army uniform (1898)(※)

フィリピン独立軍軍服姿の庄吉

1897

○Met Minakata Kumagusu in Britain and Miyazaki Toten in Yokohama
○Made first visit to Nagasaki in November(aged 31)

1898

Photographic materials marked with「※」have been provided by Ms. Kosaka Ayano.

1900-1915

Umeya Shokichi

Sun Yat-sen

chronology
1900

1900

○Made second visit to Nagasaki in June
○Made third visit to Nagasaki in August
○Made fourth visit to Nagasaki in September

○Huizhou Uprising (aged 34)

1902

○Made fifth visit to Nagasaki in January(aged 36)

1904

○Escaped from Hong Kong to Singapore
○Began film exhibition (aged 36)

1905

○Returned from Singapore; started film screening in Nagasaki
○Began film production (aged 37)

1905

○Formed Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance) in Tokyo (aged 39)

1906

○Established M. Pathe to begin a full-fledged film business (aged 38)

1906

○Delivered a speech in Tokyo on the Three Principles of the People and the future of the Chinese people (aged 40)

1907

○Deported from Japan
○Made sixth visit to Nagasaki in March (aged 41)

1909

Built a home and film studio in Hyakunin-cho, Tokyo (aged 41)

1911

○Dispatched a film crew to the Xinhai Revolution
○Had a film technician accompany the Antarctic expedition (aged 43)

1911

※Armed Uprising in Wuchang
(Beginning of the Xinhai Revolution) (aged 45)

1912

○Established Nippon Katsudo Shashin Corporation (Nikkatsu) and was
appointed to the Board of Directors (aged 44)

1912

○Declared the establishment of the Republic of China
○Inaugurated as Provisional President (aged 46)

1913

○Resigned from the Board of Directors of Nikkatsu
○Established M. Kashii
○Showed a documentary film of the Xinhai Revolution to Sun Yat-sen in Tokyo (aged 45)

1913

○Visited Japan as state director of railway preparation
(Made seventh and eighth visits to Nagasaki in February and March; visited Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works)
○Failed in the Second Revolution and defected to Japan (aged 47)

1915

○Married Soong Ching-ling
and held the wedding reception at Umeya Shokichi’s house (aged 49)

1916

1916-1934

Umeya Shokichi

Sun Yat-sen

chronology
1916

1916

○Procured weapons for Sun Yat-sen (aged 48)

1916

○Moved to Shanghai for the Third Revolution (aged 50)

1919

○Established the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) (aged 53)

1924

○Made ninth visit to Nagasaki in November
○Delivered the “Pan-Asianism” speech in Kobe (aged 58)

1925

○Passed away in Beijing
at the age of 58

1929

○Donated statues of Sun Yat-sen to China (aged 61)

1931

○Worked to produce the movie “The Great Sun Yat-sen” but gave it up due to lack of funds (aged 63)

1934

○Collapsed and passed away on the way to Tokyo for Japan-China peace negotiations
at the age of 65

1935

Friendly exchange between Nagasaki Prefecture and China