1903 in Japan

none 1903 Events in the year 1903 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 36 (明治36年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: Emperor MeijiMeiji emperor of Japan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meiji Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Governors Aichi Prefecture: Masaaki Nomura Akita Prefecture: Shiba Sankarasu then Ichiro Tsubaki Aomori Prefecture: Ichiji Yamanouchi then Katsutaro Inuzuka then Shotaro Nishizawa Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro Fukui Prefecture: Suke Sakamoto Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo Gunma Prefecture: Yoshimi Teru Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori then Tokuhisa Tsunenori Ibaraki Prefecture: Chuzo Kono then Teru Terahara Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo Kagawa Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe then Munakata Tadashi Kumamoto Prefecture: Egi Kazuyuki Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha Miyagi Prefecture: Terumi Tanabe Miyazaki Prefecture: Toda Tsunetaro Nagano Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide Niigata Prefecture: Hiroshi Abe Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara Saga Prefecture: Fai Kagawa Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki Shiname Prefecture: Ryogen Kaneo then Matsunaga Takeyoshi Tochigi Prefecture: Sugai Makoto Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi Toyama Prefecture: Rika Ryusuke Yamagata Prefecture: Tanaka Takamichi Yamanashi Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo Events March 1 – 1903 Japanese general election: The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 175 of the 376 seats, but lost its majority. July 7 – Momijigari, the oldest extant Japanese film, premiers. It runs until August 1.Irie Yoshiro Saiko no Nihon eiga ni tsuite Tōkyō Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kenkyū Kiyō 2009 13 67 http://www.momat.go.jp/research/kiyo/13/pp65_91.pdf 9 December 2014 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo ja 0914-7489 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130119181900/http://www.momat.go.jp/research/kiyo/13/pp65_91.pdf 19 January 2013 Unknown date – Kagome was founded, as predecessor name was Aichi Tomato Food Processing in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture.May 2020 Births January 2 – Kane Tanaka, supercentenarian (oldest verified Japanese person and the second oldest verified person ever) (d. 2022) January 7 – Mori Mari, author (d. 1987) January 25 – Fumiko Kaneko, anarchist (d. 1926)The exact dates of Kaneko's life are uncertain. The official record lists her birthday as January 25, 1902, but this record was created years after her birth, and is therefore unreliable. Her date of birth listed here is based on coinciding statements made by both of her parents.Raddeker Hélène Bowen 1997 Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan: Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies London Routledge 9780415171120 202–203 February 3 – Yasutarō Yagi, screenwriter (d. 1987) February 5 – Koto Matsudaira, diplomat (d. 1994) February 18 – Tokihiko Okada, silent film actor (d. 1934) March 6 – Empress Kōjun, empress consort of Emperor Hirohito (d. 2000) March 30 – Chiezō Kataoka, actor (d. 1983) April 11 – Misuzu Kaneko, poet (d. 1930) May 19 – Shimoe Akiyama, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2019) June 8 – Yukie Chiri, Ainu transcriber and translator (d. 1922) June 22 – Jiro Horikoshi, aircraft designer and engineer (d. 1982) August 3 – Roppa Furukawa, film actor (d. 1961) September 7 – Kensaku Shimaki, writer (d. 1945) September 28 – Tateo Katō, fighter ace (d. 1942)Gustavsson Håkan Biplane fighter aces Japan – Lieutenant Colonel Tateo Kato Biplane Fighter Aces from the Second World War http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/japan_kato.htm 16 March 2015 24 December 2021December 2021 October 1 – Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Olympic swimmer (d. 1986) October 13 – Takiji Kobayashi, writer (d. 1933) November 3 – Shizue Shiono, film actor (d. 1962)Kinema Junpōsha 日本映画俳優全集・女優編 Complete Works of Japanese Film Actors and Actresses Tōkyō Kinema Junpōsha 1980 424 22823615 JA December 12 – Yasujirō Ozu, film director and screenwriter (d. 1963) December 31 – Fumiko Hayashi, writer (d. 1951) Deaths February 18 Prince Komatsu Akihito, Field Marshal, Chief of the General Staff (b. 1846) Onoe Kikugorō V, kabuki actor (b. 1844) April 28 – Saigō Tanomo, Shinto priest, martial artist and former Samurai (b. 1830) May 22 – Misao Fujimura, student and poet (b. 1886) June 29 – Rentarō Taki, pianist (b. 1879) August 27 – Kusumoto Ine, physician, first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan (b. 1827) September 13 – Ichikawa Danjūrō IX, kabuki actor (b. 1838) October 30 – Ozaki Kōyō, author (b. 1868) Notes References 1903 in Category:1900s in Japan Japan Category:1903 in Asia