1876 in Japan

Events in the year 1876 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji
• Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
• Akita Prefecture: Ishida Eikichi
• Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
• Ehime Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
• Fukushima Prefecture: Morisuke Yamayoshi
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: vacant
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Fujii Benzō
• Ibaraki Prefecture: .....
• Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
• Kagawa Prefecture: Nitta Yoshio then Kunitake Watanabe
• Kochi Prefecture: Iwasaki Nagatake then Kunitake Watanabe
• Kyoto Prefecture: Masanao Makimura
• Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Weiken Fukuyama
• Nagano Prefecture: Narasaki Hiroshi
• Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
• Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita then Shinichi Kagawa
• Osaka Prefecture: Norobu Watanabe
• Saga Prefecture: Hidotemo Kitashima
• Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane
• Shiname Prefecture: Kamiyama Ren
• Tochigi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora
• Tokyo: Masataka Kusumoto
• Toyama Prefecture: Hidenori Yamada
• Yamaguchi Prefecture: Mishima Michitsune

Events

• March 28 - Haitō Edict
• October 24–25 - ShinpÅ«ren Rebellion
• October 27-November 24 - Akizuki Rebellion
• October 28-November 5 - Hagi Rebellion

Births

• February 23 - Senjiro Hayashi

Deaths

• Otaguro Tomoo

References