1900 in Japan
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Events in the year 1900 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 33 (ææ²»33å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Emperor Meiji[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Yamagata Aritomo: (until October 19)
- ItÅ 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 â Prince Yoshihito, the future Emperor TaishÅ, marries Sadako KujÅ.
- June 5 â Kyoto Hosei School, as predecessor of Ritsumeikan University has founded.[page needed]
Births
- January 1 â Chiune Sugihara, diplomat (d. 1986)
- January 2 â Mansaku Itami, film director (d. 1946)
- January 13 â Shimizugawa Motokichi, sumo wrestler (d. 1967)
- January 16 â Kiku Amino, author and translator (d. 1978)
- February 11 â JÅsei Toda, educator and peace activist (d. 1958)
- February 27 â Keiji Nishitani, philosopher (d. 1990)
- March 15 â Kenji Tomiki, aikido and judo teacher (d. 1979)
- June 1 â NoburÅ Åfuji, film director and animator (d. 1961)
- July 4 â Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist (d. 1962)
- July 5 â Yoshimaro Yamashina, ornithologist (d. 1989)
- July 16 â Mumon Yamada, Rinzai religious leader (d. 1988)
- July 23 â Prince Kaya Tsunenori (d. 1978)
- August 4 â Nabi Tajima, supercentenarian (d. 2018)
- August 23 â Tatsuji Miyoshi, poet, literary critic, and editor (d. 1964)
- December 24 â Hawayo Takata, teacher and master practitioner of Reiki (d. 1980)
Deaths
- February 26 â Shinagawa YajirÅ, politician (b. 1843)
- August 23 â Kuroda Kiyotaka, second Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)