1871 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1871 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Emperor Meiji^[1]

Governors

• Aomori Prefecture: Hiromichi Noda (September 7-November 5), J. Hishida (starting November 7)
• Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata
• Fukushima Prefecture: Tomoharu Kiyooka
• Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa
• Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Kono Toshikama (August 15-November 15), Senbon Hisanobu (November 15-November 27), Kono Toshikama (November 27-December 26), Date Muneoki (starting December 26)

• Ibaraki Prefecture

• • July 13-December 9: Tesshu Yamaoka
  • starting December 9: Yamaguchi (starting November 2)
• Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima (starting November 2)
• Kagawa Prefecture: Mohei Hayashi (starting November 15)
• Kochi Prefecture: Yuzo Hayashi (starting November 15)
• Kyoto Prefecture

Nobuatsu

• Nagano Prefecture

Takaishi Wado (until 1871), Tachiki Kenzen (starting November 20)

• Niigata Prefecture

Hirimatsu (starting November 20)

• Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita (starting November 14)
• Osaka Prefecture

Yotsutsuji Nishi

• Saga Prefecture

Sadao Koga (starting November 14)

• Saitama Prefecture

Morihide Nomura (starting November 13)

• Shiname Prefecture: Masami Terada (starting November 14)
• Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima (starting November 13)
• Tokyo

Osamu Mibo (until September 7), Yuri Kousei (starting September 7)

• Toyama Prefecture:
  • until August: Earl Maeda
    • August-December: Obata Nobutomo Yamagata Prefecture: ......

Events

• January 28 - Japan's first Japanese-language daily newspaper, the Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun, is printed in Yokohama. (Traditional Japanese Date: Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1870)
• The Yen was introduced on June 27

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.