1873 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1873 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Emperor Meiji^[1]

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Iseki Ushitora

• Akita Prefecture: Sugio Magoshichiro (until May 5), Senkichi Kokushi (starting May 5)
• Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
• Ehime Prefecture: Egi Yasunao
• Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata
• Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
• Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa
• Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama (until November 2), vacant (starting November 2)
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Date Muneoki

• Ibaraki Prefecture

Toru Watanabe (starting September 9)

• Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
• Kagawa Prefecture: Mohei Hayashi (until February 20)
• Kochi Prefecture: Iwasaki Nagatake
• Kyoto Prefecture

Hase Nobuatsu

• Mie Prefecture: Ryo Shioya
• Miyagi Prefecture

Tokisuke Miyagi

• Miyazaki Prefecture

Weiken Fukuyama

• Nagano Prefecture

Tachiki Kenzen then Narasaki Hiroshi

• Niigata Prefecture

Kusumoto Masataka

• Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita
• Osaka Prefecture

Norobu Watanabe

• Saga Prefecture

Taku Shigeru then Ishii Kuni then Michitoshi Iwamura

• Saitama Prefecture

Morihide Nomura then Tasuke Shirane

• Shiname Prefecture: Kamiyama Ren
• Tochigi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora
• Tokushima Prefecture: Nobuhiro Sato
• Tokyo

Miki Nabeshima

• Toyama Prefecture: Tadahiro Okubo
• Yamagata Prefecture: ......
• Yamaguchi Prefecture: Mishima Michitsune

Events

• January 1 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
• January 4 - With the adoption of the Western calendar, the — Jinjitsu on January 7, Jōshi on March 3, Tango on May 5, Tanabata on July 7 and Chōyō on September 9) — are abolished.

Notes and References

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