Events in the year 1886 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 19 (明治19年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Monarch: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata Akita Prefecture: Akagawa then Sada Aoyama Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima then Nabeshima Miki Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo Fukushima Prefecture: Kinichi Akashi then Hiraochi Orita Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki Ibaraki Prefecture: Shima Isei then Sadanori Yasuda Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe Kumamoto Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu Mie Prefecture: Ishii Kuni Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe Nagano Prefecture: Baron Seiichiro Kinashi Niigata Prefecture: Shinozaki Goro Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura Okinawa Prefecture: Sadakiyo Osako then Minoru Fukuhara Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi Saga Prefecture: Kamata Kagehisa Saitama Prefecture: Kiyohide Yoshida Shimane Prefecture: Sada Kotedayasu Tochigi Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama Tokyo: Watanabe Hiromoto then Marquis Shigeru Hachisuke Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni then Fujishima Masaki Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi then Shibahara Sum
Events January 26 - The Hokkaidō Agency opens, with its main office in Sapporo and branch offices in Hakodate and Nemuro.
Births January 28 – Hidetsugu Yagi, electrical engineer (d. 1976) February 10 – Raichō Hiratsuka, writer, journalist, political activist (d. 1971) February 20 – Takuboku Ishikawa, poet (d. 1912) February 23 – Yahiko Mishima, athlete (d. 1954) May 20 – Chieko Takamura, artist (d. 1938) June 9 – Kosaku Yamada, composer and conductor (d. 1965) June 10 – Sessue Hayakawa, actor (d. 1973) June 18 – Tsuruko Haraguchi, psychologist and the first Japanese woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy (d. 1915) July 17 – Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (d. 1911) July 20 – Misao Fujimura, student and poet (d. 1903) July 24 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, writer and novelist (d. 1965) November 1 Sakutarō Hagiwara, writer (d. 1942) Sumako Matsui, actress and singer (d. 1919) November 27 – Tsuguharu Foujita, painter (d. 1968)
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