Events from the year 1884 in Japan.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Empress consort: Empress Shōken
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Renpei Kunisada Akita Prefecture: Akagawa Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro Fukushima Prefecture: Michitsume Mishima Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki Ibaraki Prefecture: Hitomi Katsutaro Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima then Shoichiro Ishii Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe Kumamoto Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura then Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe Nagano Prefecture: Makoto Ono then Baron Seiichiro Kinashi Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi Saga Prefecture: Kamata Eikichi Saitama Prefecture: Kiyohide Yoshida Shimane Prefecture: Tamechika Fujikawa Tochigi Prefecture: Mishi Michitsune Tokyo: Earl Kensho Yoshikawa Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
Events November - Chichibu Incident Unknown date – Yamada Electronic Wire Manufacturing, as predecessor of Furukawa Electronic Work has founded.
Births January 1 - Chikuhei Nakajima (d. 1949), naval officer, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company January 4 - Gyosaku Morozumi, (d. 1963), general in the Imperial Japanese Army January 14 - Tetsuzan Nagata, (d. 1935), general in the Imperial Japanese Army February 22 - Tamaki Miura (d. 1946), operatic soprano April 4 - Isoroku Yamamoto (d. 1943), Marshal Admiral of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II December 30 - Hideki Tojo (d. 1948), leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan
Deaths
Oura Okei (b. 1828), businesswoman
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