1909 in Japan
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Events in the year 1909 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 42 (ææ²»42å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura
- Akita Prefecture: Mori Masataka
- Aomori Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
- Ehime Prefecture: Kensuke Ando then Takio Izawa
- Fukui Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro
- Fukushima Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa
- Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu
- Gunma Prefecture: Uruji Kamiyama
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Tadashi Munakata
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka
- Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai
- Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
- Kochi Prefecture: Kenzo Ishihara
- Kyoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
- Mie Prefecture: Yoshisuke Arita
- Miyagi Prefecture: Hiroyuki Terada
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadayoshi Naokichi
- Nagano Prefecture: Akira Oyama
- Nara Prefecture: Raizo Wakabayashi
- Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba
- Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeaki Hibi
- Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi
- Saga Prefecture: Nishimura Mutsu
- Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
- Shiname Prefecture: Maruyama Shigetoshi
- Tochigi Prefecture: .....
- Tokyo: Hiroshi Abe
- Toyama Prefecture: Usami Katsuo
- Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
Events
- April 29 â Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa.
- May 6 â Nobuko, Princess Fumi, eighth daughter of Emperor Meiji, marries Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
- September 4 â Japan and China sign the Jiandao/Gando Treaty, which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions in Manchuria.
- September 8 â A bottle glass, sheet glass and display product and sales brand, AGC was founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, as predecessor name was Asahi Glass.[citation needed]
- October Unknown date â Motorbike and compact car brand Suzuki founded, as predecessor name is Suzuki Weaving Machine Manufacturing.[page needed]
- October 26 â ItÅ Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun at the Harbin Railway Station in Manchuria.
Births
- January 6 â Haruko Sugimura, film actress (d. 1997)
- January 20 â GÅgen Yamaguchi, martial artist (d. 1989)
- March 4 â Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (d. 1992)
- March 6 â ShÅhei Åoka, writer (d. 1988)
- March 9 â Shizue Natsukawa, actress (d. 1999)
- March 27 â Eitaro Ozawa, actor (d. 1988)
- March 29 â Kiyoteru Hanada, literary critic and essayist (d. 1974)
- April 14 â Yoshikata Yoda, screenwriter (d. 1991)
- May 5 â Atsushi Nakajima, author (d. 1942)
- June 19
- Osamu Dazai, writer (d. 1948)
- Midori Naka, stage actress (d. 1945)
- August 11 â Yuji Koseki, composer (d. 1989)
- September 9 â Setsuko Matsudaira, wife of Prince Chichibu (d. 1995)
- November 7
- Ken Uehara, film actor (d. 1991)
- Sadao Yamanaka, film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)
- November 16 â Michio Mado, poet (d. 2014)
- November 29 â Kinuyo Tanaka, film actress (d. 1977)
- December 21 â SeichÅ Matsumoto, writer (d. 1992)
Deaths
- May 10 â Futabatei Shimei, author, translator, and literary critic (b. 1864)
- July 19 â Arai Ikunosuke, samurai, navy minister of the Republic of Ezo (b. 1836)
- October 26 â ItÅ Hirobumi, statesman (b. 1841)
- November 14 â Yamakawa Futaba, educator (b. 1844)
- December 8 â Prince Kaya Kuninori (b. 1867)