1884 in Japan

Events from the year 1884 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Emperor Meiji
 * Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Renpei Kunisada
 * Akita Prefecture: Akagawa
 * Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima
 * Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
 * Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Michitsume Mishima
 * Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
 * Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Hitomi Katsutaro
 * Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima then Shoichiro Ishii
 * Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi
 * Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
 * Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura then Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe
 * Nagano Prefecture: Makoto Ono then Baron Seiichiro Kinashi
 * Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
 * Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
 * Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi
 * Saga Prefecture: Kamata
 * Saitama Prefecture: Kiyohide Yoshida
 * Shimane Prefecture: Tamechika Fujikawa
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Mishi Michitsune
 * Tokyo: Earl Kensho Yoshikawa
 * Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi

Events

 * November - Chichibu Incident
 * Unknown date – Yamada Electronic Wire Manufacturing, as predecessor of Furukawa Electronic Work has founded.

Births

 * January 1 - Chikuhei Nakajima (d. 1949), naval officer, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company
 * January 4 - Gyosaku Morozumi, (d. 1963), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * January 14 - Tetsuzan Nagata, (d. 1935), general in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * February 22 - Tamaki Miura (d. 1946), operatic soprano
 * April 4 - Isoroku Yamamoto (d. 1943), Marshal Admiral of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
 * December 30 - Hideki Tojo (d. 1948), leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan

Deaths

 * Oura Okei (b. 1828), businesswoman