1871 in Japan

Events in the year 1871 in Japan.

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Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:Other events of 1871
History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

Governors
  • Aomori Prefecture: Hiromichi Noda (September 7-November 5), J. Hishida (starting November 7)
  • Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata
  • Fukushima Prefecture: Tomoharu Kiyooka
  • Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa
  • Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama
  • Hiroshima Prefecture: Kono Toshikama (August 15-November 15), Senbon Hisanobu (November 15-November 27), Kono Toshikama (November 27-December 26), Date Muneoki (starting December 26)
  • Ibaraki Prefecture:
    • July 13-December 9: Tesshu Yamaoka
    • starting December 9: Yamaguchi (starting November 2)
  • Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima (starting November 2)
  • Kagawa Prefecture: Mohei Hayashi (starting November 15)
  • Kochi Prefecture: Yuzo Hayashi (starting November 15)
  • Kyoto Prefecture: Nobuatsu
  • Nagano Prefecture: Takaishi Wado (until 1871), Tachiki Kenzen (starting November 20)
  • Niigata Prefecture: Hirimatsu (starting November 20)
  • Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita (starting November 14)
  • Osaka Prefecture: Yotsutsuji Nishi
  • Saga Prefecture: Sadao Koga (starting November 14)
  • Saitama Prefecture: Morihide Nomura (starting November 13)
  • Shiname Prefecture: Masami Terada (starting November 14)
  • Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima (starting November 13)
  • Tokyo: Osamu Mibo (until September 7), Yuri Kousei (starting September 7)
  • Toyama Prefecture:
    • until August: Earl Maeda
    • August-December: Obata Nobutomo
  • Yamagata Prefecture: ......

Events
  • January 28 - Japan's first Japanese-language daily newspaper, the Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun, is printed in Yokohama. (Traditional Japanese Date: Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1870)
  • The Yen was introduced on June 27

References
  1. "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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