1886 in Japan explained
Events in the year 1886 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 19 (明治19年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Emperor Meiji[1]
Itō Hirobumi
Governors
Minoru Katsumata
- Akita Prefecture: Akagawa then Sada Aoyama
- Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima then Nabeshima Miki
- Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
- Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo
- Fukushima Prefecture: Kinichi Akashi then Hiraochi Orita
- Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
- Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
- Hiroshima Prefecture
Senda Sadaaki
Shima then Sadanori Yasuda
Baron Tadatsu Hayashi
Yoshiaki Tonabe
Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
Matsudaira Masanao
Baron Seiichiro Kinashi
Shinozaki Goro
Sadakiyo Osako then Minoru Fukuhara
Tateno Tsuyoshi
Kamata
Kiyohide Yoshida
- Shimane Prefecture: Sada Kotedayasu
- Tochigi Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama
- Tokyo
Hiroshi Watanabe then Marquis Shigeru Hachisuke
- Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni then Fujishima Masaki
- Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi then Shibahara Sum
Events
Births
- January 28 - Hidetsugu Yagi, electrical engineer (d. 1976)
- February 10 - Raichō Hiratsuka, writer, journalist, political activist (d. 1971)
- February 20 - Takuboku Ishikawa, poet (d. 1912)
- February 23 - Yahiko Mishima, athlete (d. 1954)
- May 20 - Chieko Takamura, artist (d. 1938)
- June 9 - Kosaku Yamada, composer and conductor (d. 1965)
- June 10 - Sessue Hayakawa, actor (d. 1973)
- June 18 - Tsuruko Haraguchi, psychologist and the first Japanese woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy (d. 1915)
- July 17 - Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (d. 1911)
- July 20 - Misao Fujimura, student and poet (d. 1903)
- July 24 - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, writer and novelist (d. 1965)
- November 1
- November 27 - Tsuguharu Foujita, painter (d. 1968)
Notes and References
- Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.