Events in the year 1885 in Japan.
Incumbents Monarch: Emperor Meiji Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi (starting December 22)
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Renpei Kunisada then Minoru Katsumata Akita Prefecture: Akagawa Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro Fukushima Prefecture: Kinichi Akashi Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki Ibaraki Prefecture: Hitomi Katsutaro then Shima Isei Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe Kumamoto Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu Mie Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Ishii Kuni Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe Nagano Prefecture: Baron Seiichiro Kinashi Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui then Shinozaki Goro Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura Okinawa Prefecture: Sutezo Nishimura then Sadakiyo Osako Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi Saga Prefecture: Kamata Kagehisa Saitama Prefecture: Kiyohide Yoshida Shimane Prefecture: Tamechika Fujikawa then Sada Kotedayasu Tochigi Prefecture: Mishi Michitsune then Sukeo Kabayama Tokyo: Yoshikawa Akimasa then Watanabe Hiromoto Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi then Shibahara Sum
Births January 25 - Kitahara Hakushū (d. 1942), poet and author November 8 - Tomoyuki Yamashita (d. 1946), World War II general
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