1891 in Japan

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← 1890 1889 1888 1891 in Japan → 1892 1893 1894
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1891 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1891 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo (until May 6), Matsukata Masayoshi (starting May 6)

Governors[]

• Aichi Prefecture: [[]]
• Akita Prefecture: [[]]
• Aomori Prefecture: [[]]
• Ehime Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukui Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukuoka Prefecture: [[]]
• Fukushima Prefecture: [[]]
• Gifu Prefecture: [[]]
• Gunma Prefecture: [[]]
• Hiroshima Prefecture: [[]]
• Ibaraki 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[]

• Mino–Owari earthquake

Births[]

• June 2 - Takijirō Ōnishi, admiral known as the father of the kamikaze (d. 1945)
• July 7 - Tadamichi Kuribayashi, general and haiku poet (d. 1945)
• August 25 - Yoshihide Hayashi, general (d. 1978)
• September 27 - Sōsaku Suzuki, general (d. 1978)
• October 12 - Fumimaro Konoe, prime minister during World War II (died 1945)
• October 15 - Tadashige Daigo, vice-admiral (d. 1947))
• October 17 - Yasuyo Yamasaki, general (d. 1945)
• December 6 - Masatomi Kimura, admiral (d. 1960}

Deaths[]

• February 18 – Sanjō Sanetomi (b. 1837)

References[]