1873 in Japan

← 1872 1871 1870 1873 in Japan → 1874 1875 1876
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1873 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1873 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Emperor Meiji

Events

• January 1 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar
• January 4 - With the adoption of the Western calendar, the five seasonal festivals (gosekku)—Jinjitsu on January 7th, Jōshi on March 3rd, Tango on May 5th, Tanabata on July 7th and Chōyō on September 9th)—are abolished.

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