1879 in Japan
Events in the year 1879 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 12 in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Emperor Meiji[1]
Births
- January 18 – Tane Ikai, super-centenarian (d. 1995)
- August 24 – Rentarō Taki, pianist (d. 1903)
- August 31 – Taishō, 123rd Emperor of Japan (d. 1926)[2]
- October 1 – Hasegawa Shigure, playwright (d. 1941)
- December 3 – Kafū Nagai, author, playwright, essayist, and diarist (d. 1959)
References
- "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Taishō | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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