1874 in Japan

← 1873 1872 1871 1874 in Japan → 1875 1876 1877
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1874 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1874 in Japan.

Incumbents[edit]

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Governors[edit]

• Aichi Prefecture: Washio Takashi
• Akita Prefecture: Senkichi Kokushi
• Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida then Masaomi Kitadai then Ikeda Tanenori
• Ehime Prefecture: Egi Yasunao
• Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: vacant
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Date Muneoki
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Seki Shinpei
• Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
• Kagawa Prefecture: Mohei Hayashi
• Kochi Prefecture: Iwasaki Nagatake
• Kyoto Prefecture: Masanao Makimura
• Mie Prefecture: Masanao Makimura
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Weiken Fukuyama
• Nagano Prefecture: Narasaki Hiroshi
• Niigata Prefecture: Kusumoto Masataka
• Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita
• Osaka Prefecture: Norobu Watanabe
• Saga Prefecture: Michitoshi Iwamura
• Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane
• Shiname Prefecture: Kamiyama Ren
• Tochigi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora
• Tokyo: Miki Nabeshima
• Toyama Prefecture: Tadahiro Okubo
• Yamaguchi Prefecture: Mishima Michitsune

Events[edit]

• February 16–April 9 - Saga Rebellion

Births[edit]

• April 16 – Jōtarō Watanabe

Deaths[edit]

• April 13 – Etō Shimpei (born 1834) and Shima Yoshitake (born 1822), rebel leaders (executed by beheading)^[2]

References[edit]