1877 in Japan

Events in the year 1877 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji
• Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
• Akita Prefecture: Kunishi Senkichi
• Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
• Ehime Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
• Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Fujii Benzō
• Ibaraki Prefecture: ..... then Baron Tatsutaro Nomura
• Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka
• Kochi Prefecture: Viscount Kunitake Watanabe
• Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Masanao Makimura
• Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
• Miyagi Prefecture: Tokisuke Miyagi
• Nagano Prefecture: Narasaki Hiroshi
• Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
• Oita Prefecture: Shinichi Kagawa
• Osaka Prefecture: Viscount Norobu Watanabe
• Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane
• Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai
• Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima
• Tokyo: Masataka Kusumoto
• Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune

Events

• January 4 - Land tax reform is implemented.
• January 29-September 24 - Satsuma Rebellion
• February 19-April 12 - Siege of Kumamoto Castle
• March 3–20 - Battle of Tabaruzaka
• September 24 - Battle of Shiroyama

Deaths

September 24 - Saigō Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki

References