1877 in Japan

Events in the year 1877 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Emperor Meiji
 * Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
 * Akita Prefecture: Kunishi Senkichi
 * Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
 * Ehime Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
 * Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
 * Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Fujii Benzō
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: ..... then Baron Tatsutaro Nomura
 * Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka
 * Kochi Prefecture: Viscount Kunitake Watanabe
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Masanao Makimura
 * Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Tokisuke Miyagi
 * Nagano Prefecture: Narasaki Hiroshi
 * Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
 * Oita Prefecture: Shinichi Kagawa
 * Osaka Prefecture: Viscount Norobu Watanabe
 * Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane
 * Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima
 * Tokyo: Masataka Kusumoto
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune

Events

 * January 4 - Land tax reform is implemented.
 * January 29-September 24 - Satsuma Rebellion
 * February 19-April 12 - Siege of Kumamoto Castle
 * March 3–20 - Battle of Tabaruzaka
 * September 24 - Battle of Shiroyama

Deaths
September 24 - Saigō Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki