1900 in Japan explained
Events in the year 1900 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 33 (明治33年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Emperor Meiji[1]
(until October 19)
(starting October 19)
Governors
Mori Mamoru
- Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
- Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro
- Fukui Prefecture: Saburo Iwao then Munakata Tadashi
- Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
- Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
- Gunma Prefecture: Furusho Kamon then Nobuchika Ogura
- Hiroshima Prefecture
Asada Tokunori
- Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshihara Saburo then Yoshitaro Arakawa then Naokata Suehiro
- Kochi Prefecture: Tadashi Tanigawa then Kinyuu Watanabe Kumamoto Prefecture
Baron Shoichi Omori
Shigeru Narahara
Tadashini Kikuchi
Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
- Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
Baron Sangay Takatomi
- Toyama Prefecture: Kaneoryo Gen
- Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi
Events
Births
- January 1 - Chiune Sugihara, diplomat (d. 1986)
- January 16 - Kiku Amino, author and translator (d. 1978)
- February 11 - Jōsei Toda, educator and peace activist (d. 1958)
- February 27 - Keiji Nishitani, philosopher (d. 1990)
- March 15 - Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher (d. 1979)
- July 4 - Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist (d. 1962)
- July 5 - Yoshimaro Yamashina, ornithologist (d. 1989)
- July 23 - Prince Kaya Tsunenori (d. 1978)
- August 4 - Nabi Tajima, supercentenarian (d. 2018)
- August 23 - Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (d. 1964)
Deaths
Notes and References
- Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.