Events in the year 1873 in Japan.
Incumbents Monarch: Emperor Meiji
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora Akita Prefecture: Sugio Magoshichiro (until May 5), Senkichi Kokushi (starting May 5) Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida Ehime Prefecture: Egi Yasunao Fukui Prefecture: Kotobuki Murata Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo Gifu Prefecture: Joren Hasegawa Gunma Prefecture: Sada Aoyama (until November 2), vacant (starting November 2) Hiroshima Prefecture: Date Muneoki Ibaraki Prefecture: Toru Watanabe (starting September 9) Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima Kagawa Prefecture: Mohei Hayashi (until February 20) Kochi Prefecture: Iwasaki Nagatake Kyoto Prefecture: Hase Nobuatsu Mie Prefecture: Ryo Shioya Miyagi Prefecture: Tokisuke Miyagi Miyazaki Prefecture: Weiken Fukuyama Nagano Prefecture: Tachiki Kenzen then Narasaki Hiroshi Niigata Prefecture: Kusumoto Masataka Oita Prefecture: Kei Morishita Osaka Prefecture: Norobu Watanabe Saga Prefecture: Taku Shigeru then Ishii Kuni then Michitoshi Iwamura Saitama Prefecture: Morihide Nomura then Tasuke Shirane Shiname Prefecture: Kamiyama Ren Tochigi Prefecture: Iseki Ushitora Tokushima Prefecture: Nobuhiro Sato Tokyo: Miki Nabeshima Toyama Prefecture: Tadahiro Okubo Yamagata Prefecture: ...... Yamaguchi Prefecture: Mishima Michitsune
Events January 1 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar. January 4 - With the adoption of the Western calendar, the — Jinjitsu on January 7, Jōshi on March 3, Tango on May 5, Tanabata on July 7 and Chōyō on September 9) — are abolished.
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