1890 in Japan

← 1889 1888 1887 1890 in Japan → 1891 1892 1893
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1890 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1890 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Emperor Meiji
• Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo

Events

• July 1 – Japanese general election, 1890; Empire of Japan’s first general election for members of the House of Representatives of the Diet of Japan. It was the first example of a popularly elected national assembly in Asia ^[1]
• November 25 – The first Diet session is held.

Births

• January 15 - Michiaki Kamada, admiral (d. 1947)
• September 30 – Chieko Higashiyama, film actress (d. 1980)
• November 3 – Yamakawa Kikue, activist, writer, socialist, and feminist (d. 1980)

Deaths

• January 23 – Joseph Hardy Neesima, educator (b. 1843)
• June 2 – Matsudaira Yoshinaga, daimyō (b. 1828)

References