1890 in Japan

Events in the year 1890 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Emperor Meiji
 * Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Baron Takatoshi Iwamura then Kojiro Iwasaki
 * Akita Prefecture: Kojiro Iwasaki then Baron Akira Suzuki
 * Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa
 * Ehime Prefecture: Katsumata Minoru
 * Fukui Prefecture: Toshitsuna Adashi
 * Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada
 * Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
 * Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Nabeshima Miki
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Sadanori Yasuda
 * Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Yawara Shibahara
 * Kochi Prefecture: Baron Hiroi Hirotake
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Kokudo Kitagaki
 * Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Takayoshi Kyoganu
 * Nagano Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
 * Niigata Prefecture: Senda Sada Akatsuki
 * Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Kanji Maruoka
 * Osaka Prefecture: Sutezo Nishimura
 * Saga Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama
 * Saitama Prefecture: Eitaro Komatsubara
 * Shiname Prefecture: Sada Kotedayasu
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
 * Tokyo: Marquis Shigeru Hachisuke then Tomita Tetsunosuke
 * Toyama Prefecture: Fujishima Masaki then Fujishima Masaki
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Hasebe Ren

Events

 * February unknown date – Kubota founded in Nishi-ku, Osaka.
 * July 1 – 1890 Japanese general election; 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
 * November 25 – The first Diet session is held.
 * Unknown date – Ōshita Kaishunō, as predecessor of Fumakillar, an insecticide manufacturing and sales brand, founded in Hiroshima.

Births

 * January 15 – Michiaki Kamada, admiral (d. 1947)
 * January 28 – Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji (d. 1974)
 * 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)