Events in the year 1893 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 26 (明治26年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents Emperor: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Tokito Konkyo Akita Prefecture: Yasuhiko Hirayama Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa Ehime Prefecture: Katsumata Minoru Fukui Prefecture: Kunizo Arakawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Tameharu Yamada then Kojiro Iwasaki Fukushima Prefecture: Yoshio Kusaka Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki then Michio Sokabe Gunma Prefecture: Motootoko Nakamura Hiroshima Prefecture: Nabeshima Miki Ibaraki Prefecture: Takasaki Iwate Prefecture: Ichizo Hattori Kagawa Prefecture: Masao Tanimori then Baron Umashi Obata Kochi Prefecture: Ishida Eikichi Kumamoto Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Akira Senda then Hiroshi Nakai Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa Miyagi Prefecture: Mamoru Funakoshi Nagano Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Asada Tokunori Niigata Prefecture: Senda Sada Akatsuki Oita Prefecture: Baron Shirane Senitsu Okinawa Prefecture: Kanji Maruoka Osaka Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada Saga Prefecture: Takaya Nagamine Saitama Prefecture: Tsunao Hayashi Shimame Prefecture: Goro Shinozaki then Oura Kanetake Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi Tokyo: Tomita Tetsunosuke Toyama Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori Yamagata Prefecture: Hasebe Ren
Events Unknown date – Nagoya Life Insurance, as predecessor of T&D Holdings has founded.
Births January 11 – Motoo Ōtaguro, music critic (d. 1979) May 15 – Fusae Ichikawa, politician and women's suffrage leader (d. 1981) October 20 – Noboru Ishizaki, admiral (d. 1959)
Deaths January 22 – Kawatake Mokuami, playwright (b. 1816) June 6 – Terashima Munenori, diplomat (b. 1832) December 5 – Matsudaira Katamori, samurai (b. 1836)
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