Year in Japan
1887 in Japanese History
8 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 20 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Zenzō Kasai 葛西善蔵 · Writer — novelist
- Toshio Shiratori 白鳥敏夫 · Politician — Japanese politician (1887-1949)
- Narashige Koide 小出楢重 · Painter — Japanese painter and illustrator (1887-1931)
- Nakamura Tsune 中村彝 · Painter — Japanese painter (1887-1924)
- Takitarō Minakami 水上瀧太郎 · Writer — Japanese writer (1887–1940)
- Shimizu Toshi 清水登之 · Painter — Japanese painter (1887-1945)
- Teruo Hada 秦テルヲ · Painter — Japanese artist (1887–1945)
- Yakichi Tsushimanada 對馬洋弥吉 · Politician — Japanese sumo wrestler
Reading the year 1887 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1887 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 20 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 1887年 (1887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.