1887 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1887 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Emperor Meiji^[1]

• Prime Minister

Itō Hirobumi

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Minoru Katsumata

• Akita Prefecture: Sada Aoyama
• Aomori Prefecture: Nabeshima Miki
• Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
• Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
• Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo
• Fukushima Prefecture: Hiraochi Orita
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Senda Sadaaki

• Ibaraki Prefecture

Sadanori Yasuda

• Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii
• Kanagawa Prefecture

Baron Tadatsu Hayashi

• Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
• Kumamoto Prefecture

Yoshiaki Tonabe

• Kyoto Prefecture

Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu

• Mie Prefecture: Ishii Kuni
• Miyagi Prefecture

Matsudaira Masanao

• Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe then Tokito Konkyo then Takayoshi Kyoganu
• Nagano Prefecture

Baron Seiichiro Kinashi

• Niigata Prefecture

Shinozaki Goro

• Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
• Okinawa Prefecture

Sadakiyo Osako then Minoru Fukuhara

• Osaka Prefecture

Tateno Tsuyoshi

• Saga Prefecture

Kamata

• Saitama Prefecture

Kiyohide Yoshida

• Shimane Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama
• Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
• Tokyo

Marquis Shigeru Hachisuke

• Toyama Prefecture: Fujishima Masaki
• Yamagata Prefecture: Shibahara Sum

Events

• January 22 - Tōkyō Denkō begins selling electric lights.

Births

• February 4  - Masaichi Niimi, admiral (d. 1993)
• February 9  - Tsuchida Bakusen, nihonga painter (d. 1936)
• March 25  - Chūichi Nagumo, admiral (d. 1944)
• July 28  - Tetsu Katayama, politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1978)
• November 15  - Hitoshi Ashida, politician and 34th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1959)

Deaths

• December 6  - Shimazu Hisamitsu, samurai (b. 1817)

Notes and References

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