1916 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1916 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 5 (大正5年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Emperor Taishō^[1]

• Prime minister

• • Ōkuma Shigenobu

until October 9

• • Terauchi Masatake

from October 9

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

Matsui Shigeru

• Akita Prefecture: Saburo Sakamoto (until 28 April); Genzaburo Kojima (starting 28 April)
  • Aomori Prefecture: Matsujiro Obama Ehime Prefecture: Renarto Fukamachi (until 28 April); Sakata Kanta (starting 28 April)
  • Fukui Prefecture: Sato Kozaburo Fukushima Prefecture: Sukeji Horiguchi (until 28 April); Takukichi Kawasaki (starting 28 April)
    • Gifu Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro Gunma Prefecture: Miyake Gennosuke Hiroshima Prefecture

Terada Yushi (until 28 April); Eitaro Mabuchi (starting 28 April)

• Hyogo Prefecture: Seino Chotarno (starting month unknown)
• Ibaraki Prefecture

• Ishikawa Prefecture

Ōta Masahiro (until month unknown)

• Iwate Prefecture: Rinpei Otsu
• Kagawa Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi
• Kochi Prefecture: Toki Kahei (until 13 October); Takeo Kakinuma (starting 13 October)
• Kumamoto Prefecture

Kawakami Shinhare (until 13 October); Ōta Masahiro (starting 13 October)

• Kyoto Prefecture

Shoichi Omori (until April); Jūshirō Kiuchi (starting April)

• Mie Prefecture:
  • until 28 April: Eitaro Mabuchi
  • 28 April – 23 October: Shujiro Nagata
  • starting 23 October: Miki Nagano
• Miyagi Prefecture

Tsunenosuke Hamada

• Miyazaki Prefecture: Shutaro Horiuchi
• Nagano Prefecture

Tenta Akaboshi

• Niigata Prefecture

Keisuke Sakanaka (until 2 June); Tsuizui Katagawa (starting 2 June)

• Okinawa Prefecture

• • until 28 April: Kyūgorō Ōmi
  • 28 April – 4 May: Iwatarō Otagiri
  • starting 4 May: Kuniyoshi Suzuki
• Osaka Prefecture

• Saga Prefecture

Ishibashi Kazu

• Saitama Prefecture

Akiratani Akira (until 13 October); Tadahiko Okada (starting 13 October)

• • Shiname Prefecture: Ichiro Oriharami Tochigi Prefecture: Shin Kitagawa (until 2 June); Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka (starting 2 June)
• Tokyo

Yuichi Ionue

• • Toyama Prefecture: Ki Masesaku Yamagata Prefecture: Iwataro Odakiri (until 28 April); Soeda Keiichiro (starting 28 April)

Events

• Japan during World War I
• January 22  - Japan launches its first domestically manufactured blimp. The blimp left Tokorozawa at 1:30 p.m. and, after landing and refueling at Toyohashi, landed in Osaka at 5:10 p.m. the next day.
• November 2  - Prince Hirohito is formally proclaimed Crown Prince and heir apparent.
• October 9  - Tokyo Confectionery, as predecessor of Meiji Holdings was founded.
• Unknown date
  • A truck brand, Isuzu founded, as predecessor name of Ishikawajima Automobile Manufacturing.
  • Seinan Gakuin University was founded, as predecessor name was Seinan Gakuin in Fukuoka.

Births

• January 9  - Masaharu Taguchi, freestyle swimmer (d. 1982)
• January 12  - Haruo Oka, ryūkōka singer (d. 1970)
• February 14  - Masaki Kobayashi, film director (d. 1996)
• July 1  - Olivia de Havilland, British-American film actress (d. 2020 in France)
• August 8  - Shigeo Arai, freestyle swimmer (d. 1944)
• August 25  - Saburō Sakai, naval aviator and flying ace (d. 2000)
• September 17  - Kuniko Miyake, film actress (d. 1992)
• October 10  - Sumiko Mizukubo, film actress
• October 15  - Yasuji Miyazaki, Olympic swimmer (d. 1989)

Deaths

• January 11  - Takashima Tomonosuke, general (b. 1844)
• February 9  - Katō Hiroyuki, academic and politician (b. 1836)
• August 8  - Kamimura Hikonojō, admiral (b. 1849)
• December 9  - Natsume Sōseki, novelist and poet (b. 1867)
• December 10  - Ōyama Iwao, field marshal (b. 1842)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1910s
• Asian and Pacific theater of World War I

Notes and References

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