1901 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1901 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 34 (明治34年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Emperor Meiji^[1]

• Prime Minister

• • Itō Hirobumi

until May 10

• • Saionji Kinmochi

(Acting) May 10  - June 2

• • Katsura Tarō

from June 2

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Mori Mamoru

• Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
• Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi then Ichiji Yamanouchi
• 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

• Ibaraki Prefecture

• • Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo Kagawa Prefecture: Naokata Suehiro
  • Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe Kumamoto Prefecture

Tokuhisa Tsunenori then Egi Kazuyuki

• Kyoto Prefecture

Baron Shoichi Omori

• Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha
• Miyagi Prefecture

Motohiro Onoda then Tadashi Munakata

• • Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya Nagano Prefecture

• Niigata Prefecture

Oshikawa Sokkichi

• • Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi Okinawa Prefecture

Shigeru Narahara

• Osaka Prefecture

Tadashini Kikuchi

• Saga Prefecture

Seki Kiyohide then Fai Kagawa

• Saitama Prefecture

Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi

• Shiga Prefecture

Sada Suzuki

• Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
  • Tochigi Prefecture: Korechika Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
• Tokyo

Baron Sangay Takatomi

• Toyama Prefecture: Higaki Naosuke
• Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi

Events

• February 5  - Japan fires up the furnace at its first modern ironworks.
• April 20  - Japan Women's University is established.
• September 7  - The Boxer Protocol is signed between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance. Japan is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō.
• Unknown date  - Imabari Shipbuilding was founded, as predecessor name was Higaki Shipbuilding in Ehime Prefecture.

Births

• February 15  - Minoru Inuzuka, film director and screenwriter (2007)
• February 16  - Koji Shima, film director, actor, and screenwriter (1986)
• February 17  - Motojirō Kajii, writer (d. 1932)
• March 10  - Mushitaro Oguri, novelist (1946)
• March 27  - Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)^[2]
• April 19  - Kiyoshi Oka, mathematician (d. 1978)
• April 29
  • Hotsumi Ozaki, journalist and soviet spy (d. 1944)
  • Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)^[3]
• June 21  - Mitsuko Yoshikawa, FILM actress (d. 1991)
• July 10  - Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (d. 1970)
• September 9  - Hideo Oguma, poet (d. 1940)
• November 4  - Princess Masako Nashimoto, consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (d. 1989)
• November 5  - Chōgorō Kaionji, writer (1976)
• December 12  - Ihei Kimura, photographer (d. 1974)

Deaths

• January 20  - Keisuke Ito, physician and biologist (b. 1803)
• February 3  - Fukuzawa Yukichi, writer and educator (b. 1835)
• March 29  - Ōshima Takatō, engineer (b. 1826)
• June 6  - Oda Nobutoshi, former daimyō (b. 1853)
• June 21  - Hoshi Tōru, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1850)
• August 19  - Shō Tai, last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (b. 1843)
• December 13  - Nakae Chōmin, philosopher and journalist (b. 1847)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meiji emperor of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
2. Web site: The Nobel Peace Prize 1974 . NobelPrize.org . 12 November 2022.
3. Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.