1877 in Japan
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Events in the year 1877 in Japan.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Emperor Meiji[1]
- Empress consort: Empress ShÅken
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
- Akita Prefecture: Kunishi Senkichi
- Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
- Ehime Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
- Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
- Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
- Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Fujii BenzÅ
- Ibaraki Prefecture: ..... then Baron Tatsutaro Nomura
- Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka
- Kochi Prefecture: Viscount Kunitake Watanabe
- Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Masanao Makimura
- Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
- Miyagi Prefecture: Tokisuke Miyagi
- Nagano Prefecture: Narasaki Hiroshi
- Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
- Oita Prefecture: Shinichi Kagawa
- Osaka Prefecture: Viscount Norobu Watanabe
- Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane
- Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai
- Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima
- Tokyo: Masataka Kusumoto
- Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune
Events
- January 4 - Land tax reform is implemented.
- January 29-September 24 - Satsuma Rebellion
- February 19-April 12 - Siege of Kumamoto Castle
- March 3â20 - Battle of Tabaruzaka
- September 24 - Battle of Shiroyama
Deaths
September 24 - SaigÅ Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki