1898 in Japan explained

Events from the year 1898 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 31 (明治31年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Emperor Meiji^[1]

• Prime Minister

• • Matsukata Masayoshi

until January 12:

• • Itō Hirobumi

January 12  - June 30

• • Ōkuma Shigenobu

June 30  - November 8

• • Yamagata Aritomo

starting November 8

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Egi Kazuyuki then Baron Mori Mamoru

• Akita Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
• Aomori Prefecture: Ichiro Konoshu
• Ehime Prefecture: Park Shin Maki Naomasa then Goro Shinozaki then Oba Kan'ichi
• Fukui Prefecture: Shingo Seki
• Fukushima Prefecture: Kimumichi Nagusami
• Gifu Prefecture: Yoshinori Yumoto then Anraku Kanemichi
• Gunma Prefecture: Masataka Ishizata
• Hiroshima Prefecture

Asada Tokunori then Baron Takatoshi Iwamura then Hattori Ichizo then Asada Tokunori

• Ibaraki Prefecture

Motohiro Onada then Prince Kiyoshi Honba

• Ishikawa Prefecture

Shiba Sankarasu

• Iwate Prefecture: Ichizo Hattori then Suehiro Naokata
• Kagawa Prefecture: Tsunenori Tokuhisa then Ryosuke Ono then Yoshihara Saburo
• Kochi Prefecture: Hiroshi Shikakui
• Kumamoto Prefecture

Kanetake Oura

• Kyoto Prefecture

Utsumi Tadakatsu

• Mie Prefecture: Terumi Tanabe then Yuji Rika
• Miyagi Prefecture

Viscount Kanetake Oura then Kiyoshi Shin

• Miyazaki Prefecture: Senda Sadakatsuki
• Nagano Prefecture

Gondo Ka'nichi

• Niigata Prefecture

Minoru Katsumata

• Oita Prefecture: Shigetoo Sugimoto then Nori Oshikawa
• Okinawa Prefecture

Shigeru Narahara

• Osaka Prefecture

Nobumichi Yamada

• Saga Prefecture

Takeuchi then Yasuhiko Hirayama then Takeuchi then Seki Kiyohide

• Saitama Prefecture

Munakata Tadashi then Hanai Hagiwara

• Shiname Prefecture: Hikoji Nakamura then Chuzo Kono
• Tochigi Prefecture: Sento Kiyoshi then Hagino Samon
• Tokyo

Viscount Okabe Nagahon then Koizuka Furo then Baron Sangay Takatomi

• Toyama Prefecture: Tsurayuki Ishida then Hiroshi Abe then Kaneoryo Gen
• Yamagata Prefecture: Nori Oshikawa then Sone Shizuo

Events

• January Unknown date  - A construction brand, Kumagai Gumi was founded in Fukui City.
• January 12  - Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister.
• March 15  - March 1898 Japanese general election
• August 10  - September 1898 Japanese general election
• The first automobile (a Panhard-Levassor) is introduced in Japan.

Births

• February 4  - Shinsui Itō, Nihonga painter (d. 1972)
• February 9  - Jūkichi Yagi, poet (d. 1927)
• February 15  - Masuji Ibuse, author (d. 1993)
• March 17  - Riichi Yokomitsu, writer (d. 1947)
• April 28  - Yuzo Saeki, painter (d. 1928)
• April 29  - Iwao Yamawaki, photographer (d. 1987)
• October 5  - Kenzō Masaoka, anime creator (d. 1988)
• October 17  - Shinichi Suzuki, violinist, (d. 1998)
• October 31  - Yoshitoshi Mori, artist (d. 1992)
• December 11  - Tarō Shōji, popular song singer (d. 1972)
• December 12  - Denji Kuroshima, author (d. 1943)
• December 27  - Inejiro Asanuma, politician, leader of the Japan Socialist Party (d. 1960)

Deaths

• November 12  - Nakahama Manjirō, translator and castaway (b. 1827)

Notes and References

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