1900 in Japan

Events in the year 1900 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 33 (明治33年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo: (until October 19) Itō Hirobumi: (starting October 19)

Governors Aichi Prefecture: Mori Mamoru Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro Fukui Prefecture: Saburo Iwao then Munakata Tadashi Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Gunma Prefecture: Furusho Kamon then Nobuchika Ogura Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori Ibaraki Prefecture: Fumi Kashiwada then Chuzo Kono Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshihara Saburo then Yoshitaro Arakawa then Naokata Suehiro Kochi Prefecture: Tadashi Tanigawa then Kinyuu Watanabe Kumamoto Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha Miyagi Prefecture: Kiyoshi Shin then Chikaaki Takasaki then Nomura Masaaki then Motohiro Onoda Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya Nagano Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi Niigata Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi then Sada Suzuki Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi Tochigi Prefecture: Hagino Samon then Korechika Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Kaneoryo Gen Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi

Events May 10 – Prince Yoshihito, the future Emperor Taishō, marries Sadako Kujō. June 5 – Kyoto Hosei School, as predecessor of Ritsumeikan University has founded.

Births January 1 – Chiune Sugihara, diplomat (d. 1986) January 2 – Mansaku Itami, film director (d. 1946) January 13 – Shimizugawa Motokichi, sumo wrestler (d. 1967) January 16 – Kiku Amino, author and translator (d. 1978) February 11 – Jōsei Toda, educator and peace activist (d. 1958) February 27 – Keiji Nishitani, philosopher (d. 1990) March 15 – Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher (d. 1979) June 1 – Noburō Ōfuji, film director and animator (d. 1961) July 4 – Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist (d. 1962) July 5 – Yoshimaro Yamashina, ornithologist (d. 1989) July 16 – Mumon Yamada, Rinzai religious leader (d. 1988) July 23 – Prince Kaya Tsunenori (d. 1978) August 4 – Nabi Tajima, supercentenarian (d. 2018) August 23 – Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (d. 1964) December 24 – Hawayo Takata, teacher and master practitioner of Reiki (d. 1980)

Deaths February 26 – Shinagawa Yajirō, politician (b. 1843) August 23 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, second Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)

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