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1879 in Japan
Events in the year
1879 in
Japan
. It corresponds to
Meiji
12
in the
Japanese calendar
.
Incumbents
Monarch
:
Emperor Meiji
Governors
Aichi Prefecture
:
Taihe Yasujo
Akita Prefecture:
Ishida Eikichi
Aomori Prefecture
:
J. Hishida
then
Hidenori Yamada
Ehime Prefecture:
Baron Takatoshi Iwamura
Fukushima Prefecture:
Taihe Yasujo
Gifu Prefecture:
Toshi Kozaki
Gunma Prefecture:
Katori Yoshihiko
Hiroshima Prefecture
:
Benzà  Fujii
Ibaraki Prefecture
:
Baron Tatsutaro Nomura
then
Hitomi Katsutaro
Iwate Prefecture:
Korekiyo Shima
Kumamoto Prefecture
:
Takaaki Tomioka
Kochi Prefecture:
Viscount Kunitake Watanabe
then
Baron Kokuritsu Kitagaki
Kyoto Prefecture
:
Baron Masanao Makimura
Mie Prefecture:
Sadamedaka Iwamura
Miyagi Prefecture
:
Baron Matsudaira Masanao
Nagano Prefecture
:
Narasaki Hiroshi
Niigata Prefecture
:
Nagayama Sheng Hui
Oita Prefecture:
Shinichi Kagawa
then
Ryokichi Nishimura
Osaka Prefecture
:
Viscount Norobu Watanabe
Saitama Prefecture
:
Tasuke Shirane
Shimane Prefecture:
Jiro Sakai
Tochigi Prefecture:
Miki Nabeshima
Tokyo
:
Masataka Kusumoto
then
Matsuda Michiyuki
Yamagata Prefecture:
Viscount Mishima Michitsune
Births
January 18 –
Tane Ikai
, super-centenarian (d.
1995
)
August 24 –
Rentarà  Taki
, pianist (d.
1903
)
August 31 –
Taishà Â
,
123rd Emperor of Japan
(d.
1926
)
October 1 –
Hasegawa Shigure
, playwright (d.
1941
)
December 3 –
Kafà « Nagai
, author, playwright, essayist, and diarist (d.
1959
)
References