1885 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1885 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Emperor Meiji^[1]

• Prime Minister

Itō Hirobumi (starting December 22)^[2]

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Renpei Kunisada then Minoru Katsumata

• Akita Prefecture: Akagawa
• Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima
• Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
• Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
• Fukushima Prefecture: Kinichi Akashi
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Senda Sadaaki

• Ibaraki Prefecture

Hitomi Katsutaro then Shima

• Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii
• Kanagawa Prefecture

Baron Tadatsu Hayashi

• Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
• Kumamoto Prefecture

Yoshiaki Tonabe

• Kyoto Prefecture

Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu

• Mie Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Ishii Kuni
• Miyagi Prefecture

Matsudaira Masanao

• • Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe Nagano Prefecture

Baron Seiichiro Kinashi

• Niigata Prefecture

Nagayama Sheng Hui then Shinozaki Goro

• Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
• Okinawa Prefecture

• Osaka Prefecture

Tateno Tsuyoshi

• Saga Prefecture

Kamata

• Saitama Prefecture

Kiyohide Yoshida

• Shimane Prefecture: Tamechika Fujikawa then Sada Kotedayasu
• Tochigi Prefecture: Mishi Michitsune then Sukeo Kabayama
• Tokyo

Earl Kensho Yoshikawa then Hiroshi Watanabe

• Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni
• Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi then Shibahara Sum

Births

• January 25 - Kitahara Hakushū (d. 1942), poet and author
• November 8 - Tomoyuki Yamashita (d. 1946), World War II general

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
2. Book: Kazuhiro, Takii. Takechi. Manabu. Itō Hirobumi Japan's First Prime Minister and Father of the Meiji Constitution. London. Routledge. 2014. 978-0-41583-886-3. 52.