1911 in Japan
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Events in the year 1911 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 44 (ææ²»44å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Emperor Meiji[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Katsura TarÅ (until August 30)
- Saionji Kinmochi (starting August 30)
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Ichizo Fukano
- Akita Prefecture: Mori Masataka
- Aomori Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
- Ehime Prefecture: 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: Kogoro Kanokogi
- Kochi Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
- Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
- Mie Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika, Magoichi Tahara
- Miyagi Prefecture: Hiroyuki Terada
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadayoshi Naokichi then Tadakazu Ariyoshi
- Nagano Prefecture: Chiba Sadamiki
- Nara Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba then Mori Masataka then Izawa Takio
- Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba
- Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeaki Hibi
- Osaka Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
- Saga Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
- Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
- Shiname Prefecture: Maruyama Shigetoshi then Takaoka Naokichi
- Tochigi Prefecture: ..... then Okada Bunji
- Tokyo: Hiroshi Abe
- Tottori Prefecture: Oka Kishichiro Itami
- Toyama Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
- Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
Events
- February unknown â Kobayashi Gas Appliance Manufacturing, as predecessor of Paloma, a gas cooking and heating appliance manufacturing brand, was founded in Nagoya.[citation needed]
- February 1 â Regulations for postal special delivery are passed. Service begins on February 11.
- February 22 â One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume SÅseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so."
- March 1 â The Imperial Theater is completed, but is later lost to fire during the Great Kanto earthquake.
- March 29 â Japan passes its first labor law.
- April 23 â Yoshitoshi Tokugawa sets a Japanese record with a Blériot Aéronautique, flying 48 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds.
- May Unknown date â Tamura Fishery Association, as predecessor of Nissui, founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.[page needed]
- June 20 â Idemitsu Shokai, as predecessor of Idemitsu Showa Shell Petroleum, founded in Moji, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.[page needed]
- August 30 â Saionji Kinmochi is appointed Prime Minister of Japan.
- September â Five women: Hiratsuka RaichÅ, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko begin publishing the literary magazine Seitosha to promote the equal rights of women through literature and education.
- Unknown Dated â Namura Shipbuildings was founded in Osaka.[2]
Births
- January 11 â Zenko Suzuki, politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
- January 13 â Masayuki Mori, actor (d. 1973)
- February 5 â Mitsuo Nakamura, writer (d. 1988)
- February 7 â Takako Irie, film actress (d. 1995)
- February 15 â Kimiyoshi Yasuda, film director (d. 1983)
- February 26 â TarÅ Okamoto, artist (d. 1996)
- April 8 â IchirÅ Fujiyama, composer and singer (d. 1993)
- May 7 â IshirÅ Honda, film director (d. 1993)
- May 21 â Tanie Kitabayashi, actress (d. 2010)
- June 26 â Toyo Shibata, poet (d. 2013)
- July 7 â Shunpei Hashioka, Olympic boxer (d. 1978)
- September 1 â KÅmei Abe, composer (d. 2006)
- October 4 â Shigeaki Hinohara, physician (d. 2017)
- October 21 â Yoshinori Yagi, author (d. 1999)
- November 30 â Tamura Taijiro, novelist (d. 1983)
- December 10 â Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer (d. 1945)
- December 26 â Kikuko Tokugawa, later "Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu", wife of Prince Nobuhito (d. 2004)
Deaths
- January 19 â Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (b. 1886)
- January 24:
- Uchiyama GudÅ, Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist (executed) (b. 1874)
- ShÅ«sui KÅtoku, journalist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1871)
- Kanno Sugako, journalist, feminist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1881)
- March 25 â Shigeru Aoki, painter (b. 1882)
- May 13 â Tani Tateki, army officer (b. 1837)
- June 15 â Åtori Keisuke, diplomat (b. 1833)
- September 16 â Hishida ShunsÅ, painter (b. 1874)
- November 11 â OtojirÅ Kawakami, actor and comedian (b. 1864)
- November 25 â Komura JutarÅ, politician (b. 1855)