1884 in Japan explained
Events from the year 1884 in Japan.
Incumbents
Emperor Meiji[1]
Governors
Renpei Kunisada
- Akita Prefecture: Akagawa
- Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima
- Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
- Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
- Fukushima Prefecture: Michitsume Mishima
- Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
Senda Sadaaki
Baron Tadatsu Hayashi
Yoshiaki Tonabe
Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
Matsudaira Masanao
Makoto Ono then Baron Seiichiro Kinashi
Tateno Tsuyoshi
Kamata
Kiyohide Yoshida
- Shimane Prefecture: Tamechika Fujikawa Tochigi Prefecture: Mishi Michitsune
- Tokyo
- Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni
- Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
Events
- November - Chichibu Incident
- Unknown date - Yamada Electronic Wire Manufacturing, as predecessor of Furukawa Electronic Work has founded.
Births
- January 1 - Chikuhei Nakajima (d. 1949), naval officer, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company
- January 4 - Gyosaku Morozumi, (d. 1963), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
- January 14 - Tetsuzan Nagata, (d. 1935), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
- February 22 - Tamaki Miura (d. 1946), operatic soprano
- April 4 - Isoroku Yamamoto (d. 1943), Marshal Admiral of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
- December 30 - Hideki Tojo (d. 1948), leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan
Deaths
Notes and References
- Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
