1872 in Japan explained
Events in the year 1872 in Japan.
Incumbents
Emperor Meiji[1]
Governors
Iseki Ushitora (starting April 2)
- Akita Prefecture: Shima Yoshitake (January 29-July 29), Sugio Magoshichiro (starting July 29)
- Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
- Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata
- Fukushima Prefecture:
- until January 20: Tomoharu Kiyooka January 20-June 2: Miyahara
- starting June 2: Taihe Yasujo
- Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa
- Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama
- Hiroshima Prefecture
Date Muneoki
- until July 10: Yamaguchi
- August 8-August 13: Motsuke Nomura
- starting August 25: Toru Watanabe
- Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
- Kagawa Prefecture:
- until October 17: Mohei Hayashi October 17-November 28: Kan'ichi Nakamura starting November 28: Mohei Hayashi Kochi Prefecture: Yuzo Hayashi (until November 26), Iwasaki Nagatake (starting November 26)
- Kyoto Prefecture
Hase Nobuatsu
Ryo Shioya (starting January 8)
Tachiki Kenzen
Hirimatsu (starting November 20)
Yotsutsuji Nishi
Morihide Nomura
- Shiname Prefecture:
- until March 30: Masami Terada
- March 30-September 27: Tanenori Ikeda starting September 27: Kamiyama Ren
- Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima
- Tokyo
Yuri Kousei (until September 7), Tadahiro Okubo (starting September 7)
- Toyama Prefecture: Miyoshi Zhou Liang
- Yamagata Prefecture: ......
Events
Births
Deaths
Notes and References
- Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
- [Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]
- Web site: History . . 9 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210214121/http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/outline_2.html . 10 February 2012 .
- Lin, Man-houng. "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective," Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from Academia Sinica Weekly, No. 1084. 24 August 2006.