Events from the year 1891 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 24 (明治24年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo (until May 6), Matsukata Masayoshi (starting May 6)
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura Akita Prefecture: Baron Akira Suzuki then Shinichi Hirose then Yasuhiko Hirayama Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa Ehime Prefecture: Katsumata Minoru Fukui Prefecture: Toshitsuna Adashi then Nobuaki Makino then Kunizo Arakawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo Fukushima Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada then Kiyoshi Watanabe Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan then Motootoko Nakamura Hiroshima Prefecture: Nabeshima Miki Ibaraki Prefecture: Sadanori Yasuda then Shoichiro Ishii Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii then Ichizo Hattori Kagawa Prefecture: Yawara Shibahara then Masao Tanimori Kochi Prefecture: Baron Hiroi Hirotake Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka then Matsudaira Masanao Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Kokudo Kitagaki Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao then Mamoru Funakoshi Miyazaki Prefecture: Takayoshi Kyoganu then Yakichi Nagamine Nagano Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu Niigata Prefecture: Senda Sada Akatsuki then Baron Seung Zhi Kuwata Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura then Baron Shirane Senitsu Okinawa Prefecture: Kanji Maruoka Osaka Prefecture: Sutezo Nishimura then Nobumichi Yamada Saga Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama Saitama Prefecture: Eitaro Komatsubara then Kanichi Kubota Shiname Prefecture: Sada Kotedayasu then Goro Shinozaki Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi Tokyo: Tomita Tetsunosuke Toyama Prefecture: Fujishima Masaki then Moriyama Shigeru Yamagata Prefecture: Moriyama Shigeru
Events Mino–Owari earthquake
Births May 18 - Sadamichi Kajioka, admiral (d. 1944) 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)
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