Year in Japan
1871 in Japanese History
21 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 4 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Shimōsa Province 下総国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Hizen Province 肥前国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Kōzuke Province 上野国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Bitchū Province 備中国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Chikuzen Province 筑前国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Sanuki Province 讃岐国 · Province of Japan — former province of Japan
- Iyo Province 伊予国 · Province of Japan — former province of Japan
- Bizen Province 備前国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Toshihiko Sakai 堺利彦 · Historian — Communist leader (1871-1933)
- Doppo Kunikida 国木田独歩 · Journalist — Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)
- Shūsui Kōtoku 幸徳秋水 · Journalist — Japanese anarchist (1871–1911)
- Tōten Miyazaki 宮崎滔天 · Philosopher — Japanese social activist (1871-1922)
- Tsunesaburō Makiguchi 牧口常三郎 · Philosopher — Japanese educator (1871-1944)
- Kawasaki Takukichi 川崎卓吉 · Politician — Japanese politician and cabinet minister (1871-1936)
- Enkichi Ōki 大木遠吉 · Politician — Japanese politician
- Inokuchi Akuri 井口阿くり · Writer — Japanese physical educator
- Hōgetsu Shimamura 島村抱月 · Writer — Japanese literary critic, impresario and writer (1871-1918)
- Eigo Fukai 深井英五 · Politician — Japanese businessman (1871–1945)
- Takayama Chogyū 高山樗牛 · Philosopher — Japanese author (1871–1902)
- Shōtei Takahashi 高橋松亭 · Painter — Japanese painter and artist (1871–1945)
- Yei Theodora Ozaki 英子セオドラ尾崎 · Writer — Japanese translator (1870–1932)
Reading the year 1871 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1871 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 4 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".
The year itself is read 1871年 (1871ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 19th century for its neighbours.