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Events in the year 1877 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]
Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
Akita Prefecture: Senkichi Kokushi
Aomori Prefecture: J. Hishida
Ehime Prefecture: Takatoshi Iwamura
Fukushima Prefecture: Taihe Yasujo
Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
Hiroshima Prefecture: Fujii Tsutomu
Ibaraki Prefecture: ..... then Baron Tatsutaro Nomura
Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka
Kochi Prefecture: Viscount Kunitake Watanabe
Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Masanao Makimura
Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
Miyagi Prefecture: Tokisuke Miyagi
Nagano Prefecture: Narasaki Hiroshi
Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
Oita Prefecture: Shinichi Kagawa
Osaka Prefecture: Viscount Norobu Watanabe
Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane
Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai
Tochigi Prefecture: Miki Nabeshima
Tokyo: Masataka Kusumoto
Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune

Events

January 4 - Land tax reform is implemented.
January 29-September 24 - Satsuma Rebellion
February 19-April 12 - Siege of Kumamoto Castle
March 3–20 - Battle of Tabaruzaka
September 24 - Battle of Shiroyama

Births

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Deaths

September 24 - Saigō Takamori and Kirino Toshiaki

References

^ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

Years in Japan (538–present)

Asuka period (538–710)
646 660 684 703

Nara period (710–794)
721 729 737 740 744 784 794

Heian period (794–1185)

Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336)
1333 1334 1335 1336

Muromachi period (1336–1573)

Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600)
1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600

Edo (Tokugawa) period (1600–1868)

Meiji period (1868–1912)
1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

Taishō period (1912–1926)
1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Shōwa period (1926–1989)
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Heisei period (1989–2019)
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Reiwa period (2019–present)
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