1872 in Japan

none 1872 Events in the year 1872 in Japan. Incumbents Emperor: Emperor MeijiMeiji emperor of Japan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meiji Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Empress consort: Empress Shōken Governors Aichi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora (starting April 2) Akita Prefecture: Shima Yoshitake (January 29-July 29), Sugio Magoshichiro (starting July 29) Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata Fukushima Prefecture: until January 20: Tomoharu Kiyooka January 20-June 2: Miyahara starting June 2: Taihe Yasujo Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama Hiroshima Prefecture: Date Muneoki Ibaraki Prefecture: until July 10: Yamaguchi August 8-August 13: Motsuke Nomura starting August 25: Toru Watanabe Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima Kagawa Prefecture: until October 17: Mohei Hayashi October 17-November 28: Kan'ichi Nakamura starting November 28: Mohei Hayashi Kochi Prefecture: Yuzo Hayashi (until November 26), Iwasaki Nagatake (starting November 26) Kyoto Prefecture: Hase Nobuatsu Miyagi Prefecture: Ryo Shioya (starting January 8) Nagano Prefecture: Tachiki Kenzen Niigata Prefecture: Hirimatsu (starting November 20) Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita Osaka Prefecture: Yotsutsuji Nishi Saga Prefecture: until July 12: Sadao Koga July 12-December 22: Tesshu Yamaoka starting December 22: Taku Shigeru Saitama Prefecture: Morihide Nomura Shiname Prefecture: until March 30: Masami Terada March 30-September 27: Tanenori Ikeda starting September 27: Kamiyama Ren Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima Tokyo: Yuri Kousei (until September 7), Tadahiro Okubo (starting September 7) Toyama Prefecture: Miyoshi Zhou Liang Yamagata Prefecture: ...... Events date unknown Tokyo National Museum is founded.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673. The Imperial Library is established.http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/outline_2.html History National Diet Library 9 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120210214121/http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/outline_2.html 10 February 2012 Tomioka silk mill, Japan's first modern model silk reeling factory, is established by the government. The Ryukyu Domain is created when the emperor changes the title of Shō Tai, the Ryukyu Kingdom's monarch (Ryūkyū-koku-ō), to that of a domain head (Ryūkyū-han-ō). The former Ryukyu Kingdom thus becomes a han.Lin, Man-houng. "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective," Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from Academia Sinica Weekly, No. 1084. 24 August 2006. Births January 22 – Katai Tayama, novelist (d. 1930) March 25 – Tōson Shimazaki, writer (d. 1943) May 2 – Ichiyō Higuchi, writer (d. 1896) Deaths February 10 – Prince Kitashirakawa Satonari, founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family (born 1850) March 28 – Nambu Nobuyuki, 9th and final daimyō of Hachinohe Domain (born 1814) References 1872 in Category:1870s in Japan Category:Years of the 19th century in Japan Category:1872 in Asia Category:1872 by country