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Year in Japan

1876 in Japanese History

12 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).

Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 9 of the era)

What happened 出来事

  • Senjūrō Hayashi 林銑十郎 · Politician — Japanese politician and general (1876–1943)
  • Shigeru Honjō 本庄繁 · Politician — Japanese general (1876-1945)
  • Iha Fuyū 伊波普猷 · Historian — Japanese historian, linguist (1876-1947)
  • Genji Matsuda 松田源治 · Politician — Japanese politician
  • Ogawa Gōtarō 小川郷太郎 · Politician — Japanese politician (1876-1945)
  • Kimura Buzan 木村武山 · Painter — Japanese painter (1876-1942)
  • Wakashima Gonshirō 若島権四郎 · Politician — Japanese sumo wrestler (1876-1943)
  • Yūichirō Chikaraishi 力石雄一郎 · Politician — politician
  • Hideo Kodama 兒玉秀雄 · Politician — Japanese politician (1876-1947)
  • Masanao Hanihara 埴原正直 · Politician — Japanese diplomat
  • Ishibashi Kazunori 石橋和訓 · Painter — Japanese painter active in both yōga and nihonga (1876-1928)
  • Usurai Kitada 北田薄氷 · Writer — Japanese novelist

Reading the year 1876 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1876 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 9 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 1876年 (1876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.