1890 in Japan

← 1889 1888 1887 1890 in Japan → 1891 1892 1893
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1890 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1890 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo

Governors[]

• Aichi Prefecture: [[]]
• Akita Prefecture: [[]]
• Aomori Prefecture: [[]]
• Ehime Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukui Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukuoka Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukushima Prefecture: [[]]
• Gifu Prefecture: [[]]
• Gunma Prefecture: [[]]
• Hiroshima Prefecture: [[]]
• Ibaraki Prefecture: [[]]
• Ishikawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Iwate Prefecture: [[]]
• Kagawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Kagoshima Prefecture: [[]]
• Kumamoto Prefecture: [[]]
• Kochi Prefecture: [[]]
• Kyoto Prefecture: [[]]
• Mie Prefecture: [[]]
• Miyagi Prefecture: [[]]
• Miyazaki Prefecture: [[]]
• Nagano Prefecture: [[]]
• Nara Prefecture: [[]]
• Niigata Prefecture: [[]]
• Oita Prefecture: [[]]
• Okayama Prefecture: [[]]
• Okinawa Prefecture: [[]]
• Osaka Prefecture: [[]]
• Saga Prefecture: [[]]
• Saitama Prefecture: [[]]
• Shiga Prefecture: [[]]
• Shiname Prefecture: [[]]
• Shizuoka Prefecture: [[]]
• Tochigi Prefecture: [[]]
• Tokushima Prefecture: [[]]
• Tokyo: [[]]
• Toyama Prefecture: [[]]
• Yamagata Prefecture: [[]]
• Yamaguchi Prefecture: [[]]

Events[]

• February unknown date – Kubota founded in Nishi-ku, Osaka.^{[page needed]}
• July 1 – 1890 Japanese general election; Empire of Japan’s first general election for members of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan. It was the first example of a popularly elected national assembly in Asia ^[2]
• November 25 – The first Diet session is held.
• Unknown date – Ōshita Kaishunō, as predecessor of Fumakillar, an insecticide manufacturing and sales brand, founded in Hiroshima.^{[citation needed]}

Births[]

• January 15 – Michiaki Kamada, admiral (d. 1947)
• January 28 – Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji (d. 1974)
• September 30 – Chieko Higashiyama, film actress (d. 1980)
• November 3 – Yamakawa Kikue, activist, writer, socialist, and feminist (d. 1980)

Deaths[]

• January 23 – Joseph Hardy Neesima, educator (b. 1843)
• June 2 – Matsudaira Yoshinaga, daimyō (b. 1828)

References[]