Year in Japan
1891 in Japanese History
9 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 24 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Oct 28 1891 Nōbi earthquake 濃尾地震 · Natural disaster — October 1891 earthquake that struck Mino and Owari in Japan
- Tadamichi Kuribayashi 栗林忠道 · Military officer — Japanese general (1891-1945)
- Sanjugo Naoki 直木三十五 · Writer — Japanese writer (1891-1934)
- Ryūsei Kishida 岸田劉生 · Painter — Japanese painter (1891-1929)
- Hisashi Asō 麻生久 · Politician — Japanese politician (1891–1940)
- Hyakuzō Kurata 倉田百三 · Philosopher — Japanese writer (1891-1943)
- Kōhei Akagi 赤木桁平 · Politician — Japanese critic and politician
- Fujimori Shizuo 藤森静雄 · Painter — Japanese woodblock print artist (1891-1943)
- Tadashige Daigo 醍醐忠重 · Politician — Japanese admiral (1891–1947)
Reading the year 1891 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1891 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 24 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 1891年 (1891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.