1891 in Japan

Events from the year 1891 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 24 (明治24年) in the Japanese calendar.

← 1890 1889 1888 1891 in Japan → 1892 1893 1894
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1891 History of Japan Timeline Years

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji
• Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo (until May 6), Matsukata Masayoshi (starting May 6)

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
• Akita Prefecture: Baron Akira Suzuki then Shinichi Hirose then Yasuhiko Hirayama
• Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa
• Ehime Prefecture: Katsumata Minoru
• Fukui Prefecture: Toshitsuna Adashi then Nobuaki Makino then Kunizo Arakawa
• Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo
• Fukushima Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada then Kiyoshi Watanabe
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan then Motootoko Nakamura
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Nabeshima Miki
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Sadanori Yasuda then Shoichiro Ishii
• Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii then Ichizo Hattori
• Kagawa Prefecture: Yawara Shibahara then Masao Tanimori
• Kochi Prefecture: Baron Hiroi Hirotake
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka then Matsudaira Masanao
• Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Kokudo Kitagaki
• Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa
• Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao then Mamoru Funakoshi
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Takayoshi Kyoganu then Yakichi Nagamine
• Nagano Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
• Niigata Prefecture: Senda Sada Akatsuki then Baron Seung Zhi Kuwata
• Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura then Baron Shirane Senitsu
• Okinawa Prefecture: Kanji Maruoka
• Osaka Prefecture: Sutezo Nishimura then Nobumichi Yamada
• Saga Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama
• Saitama Prefecture: Eitaro Komatsubara then Kanichi Kubota
• Shiname Prefecture: Sada Kotedayasu then Goro Shinozaki
• Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
• Tokyo: Tomita Tetsunosuke
• Toyama Prefecture: Fujishima Masaki then Moriyama Shigeru
• Yamagata Prefecture: Moriyama Shigeru

Events

• Mino–Owari earthquake

Births

• May 18 - Sadamichi Kajioka, admiral (d. 1944)
• June 2 - Takijirō Ōnishi, admiral known as the father of the kamikaze (d. 1945)
• July 7 - Tadamichi Kuribayashi, general and haiku poet (d. 1945)
• August 25 - Yoshihide Hayashi, general (d. 1978)
• September 27 - Sōsaku Suzuki, general (d. 1978)
• October 12 - Fumimaro Konoe, prime minister during World War II (died 1945)
• October 15 - Tadashige Daigo, vice-admiral (d. 1947))
• October 17 - Yasuyo Yamasaki, general (d. 1945)
• December 6 - Masatomi Kimura, admiral (d. 1960}

Deaths

• February 18 – Sanjō Sanetomi (b. 1837)