1873 in Japan

Events in the year 1873 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Emperor Meiji

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora
 * Akita Prefecture: Sugio Magoshichiro (until May 5), Senkichi Kokushi (starting May 5)
 * Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
 * Ehime Prefecture: Egi Yasunao
 * Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
 * Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa
 * Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama (until November 2), vacant (starting November 2)
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Date Muneoki
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Toru Watanabe (starting September 9)
 * Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Mohei Hayashi (until February 20)
 * Kochi Prefecture: Iwasaki Nagatake
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Hase Nobuatsu
 * Mie Prefecture: Ryo Shioya
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Tokisuke Miyagi
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Weiken Fukuyama
 * Nagano Prefecture: Tachiki Kenzen then Narasaki Hiroshi
 * Niigata Prefecture: Kusumoto Masataka
 * Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita
 * Osaka Prefecture: Norobu Watanabe
 * Saga Prefecture: Taku Shigeru then Ishii Kuni then Michitoshi Iwamura
 * Saitama Prefecture: Morihide Nomura then Tasuke Shirane
 * Shiname Prefecture: Kamiyama Ren
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora
 * Tokushima Prefecture: Nobuhiro Sato
 * Tokyo: Miki Nabeshima
 * Toyama Prefecture: Tadahiro Okubo
 * Yamagata Prefecture: ......
 * Yamaguchi Prefecture: Mishima Michitsune

Events

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