1877 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1877 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Emperor Meiji^[1]

• Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Taihe Yasujo

• Akita Prefecture: Kunishi Senkichi
• Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
• Ehime Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
• Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Fujii Benzō

• Ibaraki Prefecture

• Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
• Kumamoto Prefecture

Takaaki Tomioka

• • Kochi Prefecture: Viscount Kunitake Watanabe Kyoto Prefecture

Baron Masanao Makimura

• Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
• Miyagi Prefecture

Tokisuke Miyagi

• Nagano Prefecture

Narasaki Hiroshi

• Niigata Prefecture

Nagayama Sheng Hui

• • Oita Prefecture: Shinichi Kagawa Osaka Prefecture

Viscount Norobu Watanabe

• Saitama Prefecture

Tasuke Shirane

• Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai
• Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima
• Tokyo

• Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune

Events

• January 4 - Land tax reform is implemented.
• January 29-September 24 - Satsuma Rebellion
• February 19-April 12 - Siege of Kumamoto Castle
• March 3–20 - Battle of Tabaruzaka
• September 24 - Battle of Shiroyama

Deaths

September 24 - Saigō Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki

Notes and References

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