Events in the year 1882 in Japan.
Incumbents Monarch: Emperor Meiji
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Renpei Kunisada Akita Prefecture: Ishida Eikichi Aomori Prefecture: Hidenori Yamada then Kanenori Goda Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro Fukushima Prefecture: Morisuke Yamayoshi then Michitsume Mishima Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki Ibaraki Prefecture: Hitomi Katsutaro Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi Kochi Prefecture: Teru Tanabe then Ijuin Shizen Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Kokudo Kitagaki Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao Nagano Prefecture: Makoto Ono Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi Saga Prefecture: abolished in 1876 and re‑established in 1883 Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane then Kiyohide Yoshida Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai Tochigi Prefecture: Fujikawa Tamechika Tokyo: Earl Kensho Yoshikawa Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune
Events January 4 - Emperor Meiji issues the .
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