Events in the year 1890 in Japan.

Incumbents Monarch: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Yamagata Aritomo

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 New York Times, July 31, 1890. 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 (d. 1947) January 28 – Fusako, Princess Kane, seventh daughter of Emperor Meiji (d. 1974) September 30 – Chieko Higashiyama, film actress (d. 1980) November 3 – Yamakawa Kikue, activist, writer, socialist, and feminist (d. 1980)

Deaths January 23 – Joseph Hardy Neesima, educator (b. 1843) June 2 – Matsudaira Yoshinaga, daimyō (b. 1828)

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