1890 in Japan
Events in the year 1890 in Japan.
Incumbents
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
- January 28 - Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji
- September 30 - Chieko Higashiyama, film actress
- November 3 - Yamakawa Kikue, activist, writer, socialist, and feminist
Deaths
- January 23 - Joseph Hardy Neesima, educator
- June 2 - Matsudaira Yoshinaga, daimyō