1887 in Japan

Events in the year 1887 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Emperor Meiji
 * Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata
 * Akita Prefecture: Sada Aoyama
 * Aomori Prefecture: Nabeshima Miki
 * Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
 * Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
 * Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Hiraochi Orita
 * Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
 * Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Sadanori Yasuda
 * Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii
 * Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi
 * Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
 * Mie Prefecture: Ishii Kuni
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe then Tokito Konkyo then Takayoshi Kyoganu
 * Nagano Prefecture: Baron Seiichiro Kinashi
 * Niigata Prefecture: Shinozaki Goro
 * Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Sadakiyo Osako then Minoru Fukuhara
 * Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi
 * Saga Prefecture: Kamata
 * Saitama Prefecture: Kiyohide Yoshida
 * Shimane Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
 * Tokyo: Marquis Shigeru Hachisuke
 * Toyama Prefecture: Fujishima Masaki
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Shibahara Sum

Events

 * January 22 - Tōkyō Denkō begins selling electric lights.

Births

 * February 4 – Masaichi Niimi, admiral (d. 1993)
 * February 9 – Tsuchida Bakusen, nihonga painter (d. 1936)
 * March 25 – Chūichi Nagumo, admiral (d. 1944)
 * July 28 – Tetsu Katayama, politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1978)
 * November 15 – Hitoshi Ashida, politician and 34th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1959)

Deaths

 * December 6 – Shimazu Hisamitsu, samurai (b. 1817)