1879 in Japan
Events in the year 1879 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 12 in the Japanese calendar.
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: Fujii Tsutomu
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 – Rentarō Taki, pianist (d. 1903)
August 31 – Taishō, 123rd Emperor of Japan (d. 1926)
October 1 – Hasegawa Shigure, playwright (d. 1941)
December 3 – Kafū Nagai, author, playwright, essayist, and diarist (d. 1959)


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