Chronology of the Life of Morihei Ueshiba Part 2

Year and Event
1942

• Name “Aikido” becomes official and is registered with Ministry of Education.
  
• Invited to Manchuria as representative of Japanese martial arts to attend Manchuria-Japanese Exchange Martial Arts demonstrations in commemoration of 10th anniversary of independence of Manchuria (August).
  
• Moves to Iwama, Ibaragi Prefecture.
  
• Kisshomaru Ueshiba becomes Director of Kobukan Dojo.
  

1943

• First Aiki Shrine built in Iwama.
  

1945

• Kobukai Foundation ceases activity due to postwar ban on martial arts.
  
• Iwama dojo completed.
  

1946

• [Morihiro Saito enters Iwama Dojo.]
  

1947

• [Sadateru Arikawa enters Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  

1948

• Engages in farming, intensive training, and meditation in Iwama.
  
• Zaidan Hojin Aikikai, a non-profit foundation, established 9 February 1948.
  
• Aikikai Hombu Dojo moves to Iwama, office opened in Tokyo.
  
• Kisshomaru becomes head of Aikikai dojo.
  

1949

• Regular practice resumes at Tokyo Hombu Dojo dojo.
  

1950

• Hiroshi Tada enters Aikikai Hombu Dojo.
  

1951

• [Minoru Mochizuki to France to teach judo and aikido.]
  

1952

• [Koichi Tohei promoted to 8th dan by Ueshiba.]
  
• [Tadashi Abe relocates to France as student while teaching aikido as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  

1953

• [Koichi Tohei to Hawaii for initial stay of one year.]
  

1954

• Large aikido demonstration held in Tokyo sponsored by the Life Extension Association attended by 15,000 people.
  
• [Yoshinkan Aikido Dojo opened in Tsukudo Hachiman.]
  

1955

• Aikikai Hombu (headquarters) moved back to Tokyo from Iwama.
  
• Several foreign dignitaries attend a demonstration given by the founder at the Aikikai Hombu arranged by André Nocquet.
  

1958

• Appears in U.S. television documentary Rendez-vous with Adventure.
  
• [Kenji Tomiki establishes the Waseda University Aikido Club in April.]
  

1960

• Receives Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from Japanese government.
  

1961

• Invited to Hawaii for opening of Honolulu Aikikai (February).
  
• Appears in television documentary made by NHK.
  
• [Mutsuru Nakazono relocates to France as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• [Masamichi Noro relocates to France as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• All-Japan Student Aikido Federation established with Ueshiba as president.]
  

1962

• [Aritoshi Murashige relocates to Belgium as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  

1963

• [All-Japan Aikido Demonstration held for the first time at Hibiya Kokaido (October).]
  

1964

• Receives Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, as the founder of aikido.
  
• [Hiroshi Tada relocates to Italy as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• [Nobuyoshi Tamura relocates to France as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• [Yoshimitsu Yamada relocates to New York, USA, as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  

1965

• [Katsuaki Asai relocates to Germany as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• [Seiichi Sugano relocates to Australia as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• 1966
  
• [Kazuo Chiba relocates to London, England, as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• [Shuji Maruyama relocates to USA, settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• [Mitsunari Kanai relocates to Boston, USA, as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  
• [Toshikazu Ichimura relocates to Sweden as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  

1967

• [Yasunari Kitaura relocates to Spain as representative of Aikikai Hombu Dojo.]
  

1968

• [New Hombu Dojo building dedicated.]
  

1969

• Makes final trip to Kansai during which he awards an oral 10th dan rank to Michio Hikitsuchi of Shingu.
  
• Gives final demonstration on 15 January at Kagami Biraki Celebration.
  
• Succumbs to liver cancer on 26 April.
  
• Ashes buried at Kozanji, Tanabe.
  
• Hair preserved at Iwama, Kumano Dojo, Ayabe and Hombu Dojo.
  
• Made honorary citizen of Tanabe and Iwama.
  
• [Wife, Hatsu, dies on 26 June.]