1891 in Japan

Events from the year 1891 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 24 (明治24年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Emperor Meiji
 * Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo (until May 6), Matsukata Masayoshi (starting May 6)

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
 * Akita Prefecture: Baron Akira Suzuki then Shinichi Hirose then Yasuhiko Hirayama
 * Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa
 * Ehime Prefecture: Katsumata Minoru
 * Fukui Prefecture: Toshitsuna Adashi then Nobuaki Makino then Kunizo Arakawa
 * Fukuoka Prefecture: Yasujo
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada then Kiyoshi Watanabe
 * Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
 * Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan then Motootoko Nakamura
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Nabeshima Miki
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Sadanori Yasuda then Shoichiro Ishii
 * Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii then Ichizo Hattori
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Yawara Shibahara then Masao Tanimori
 * Kochi Prefecture: Baron Hiroi Hirotake
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka then Matsudaira Masanao
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Kokudo Kitagaki
 * Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao then Mamoru Funakoshi
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Takayoshi Kyoganu then Yakichi Nagamine
 * Nagano Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
 * Niigata Prefecture: Senda Sada Akatsuki then Baron Seung Zhi Kuwata
 * Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura then Baron Shirane Senitsu
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Kanji Maruoka
 * Osaka Prefecture: Sutezo Nishimura then Nobumichi Yamada
 * Saga Prefecture: Sukeo Kabayama
 * Saitama Prefecture: Eitaro Komatsubara then Kanichi Kubota
 * Shiname Prefecture: Sada Kotedayasu then Goro Shinozaki
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi
 * Tokyo: Tomita Tetsunosuke
 * Toyama Prefecture: Fujishima Masaki then Moriyama Shigeru
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Moriyama Shigeru

Events

 * Mino–Owari earthquake

Births

 * May 18 - Sadamichi Kajioka, admiral (d. 1944)
 * June 2 - Takijirō Ōnishi, admiral known as the father of the kamikaze (d. 1945)
 * July 7 - Tadamichi Kuribayashi, general and haiku poet (d. 1945)
 * August 25 - Yoshihide Hayashi, general (d. 1978)
 * September 27 - Sōsaku Suzuki, general (d. 1978)
 * October 12 - Fumimaro Konoe, prime minister during World War II (died 1945)
 * October 15 - Tadashige Daigo, vice-admiral (d. 1947))
 * October 17 - Yasuyo Yamasaki, general (d. 1945)
 * December 6 - Masatomi Kimura, admiral (d. 1960}

Deaths

 * February 18 – Sanjō Sanetomi (b. 1837)