# 1911 in Japan

Events in the year 1911 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 44 (明治44年) in the Japanese calendar.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Emperor Meiji
* Prime Minister:
** Katsura Tarō (until August 30)
** Saionji Kinmochi (starting August 30)

### Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Ichizo Fukano
* Akita Prefecture: Mori Masataka
* Aomori Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
* Ehime Prefecture: Takio Izawa
* Fukui Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro
* Fukushima Prefecture: Shotaro Nishizawa
* Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu
* Gunma Prefecture: Uruji Kamiyama
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Tadashi Munakata
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Keisuke Sakanaka
* Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai
* Kagawa Prefecture: Kogoro Kanokogi
* Kochi Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
* Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
* Mie Prefecture: Kubota Kiyochika, Magoichi Tahara
* Miyagi Prefecture: Hiroyuki Terada
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadayoshi Naokichi then Tadakazu Ariyoshi
* Nagano Prefecture: Chiba Sadamiki
* Nara Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba then Mori Masataka then Izawa Takio
* Niigata Prefecture: Prince Kiyoshi Honba
* Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeaki Hibi
* Osaka Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
* Saga Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
* Saitama Prefecture: Shimada Gotaro
* Shiname Prefecture: Maruyama Shigetoshi then Takaoka Naokichi
* Tochigi Prefecture: ..... then Okada Bunji
* Tokyo: Hiroshi Abe
* Tottori Prefecture: Oka Kishichiro Itami
* Toyama Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro
* Yamagata Prefecture: Mabuchi Eitaro

## Events

* February unknown – Kobayashi Gas Appliance Manufacturing, as predecessor of Paloma, a gas cooking and heating appliance manufacturing brand, was founded in Nagoya.
* February 1 – Regulations for postal special delivery are passed. Service begins on February 11.
* February 22 – One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume Sōseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so."
* March 1 – The Imperial Theater is completed, but is later lost to fire during the Great Kanto earthquake.
* March 29 – Japan passes its first labor law.
* April 23 – Yoshitoshi Tokugawa sets a Japanese record with a Blériot Aéronautique, flying 48 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds.
* May Unknown date – Tamura Fishery Association, as predecessor of Nissui, founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
* June 20 – Idemitsu Shokai, as predecessor of Idemitsu Showa Shell Petroleum, founded in Moji, now part of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
* August 30 – Saionji Kinmochi is appointed Prime Minister of Japan.
* September – Five women: Hiratsuka Raichō, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko begin publishing the literary magazine Seitosha to promote the equal rights of women through literature and education.
* Unknown Dated – Namura Shipbuildings was founded in Osaka.

## Births

* January 11 – Zenko Suzuki, politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
* January 13 – Masayuki Mori, actor (d. 1973)
* February 5 – Mitsuo Nakamura, writer (d. 1988)
* February 7 – Takako Irie, film actress (d. 1995)
* February 15 – Kimiyoshi Yasuda, film director (d. 1983)
* February 26 – Tarō Okamoto, artist (d. 1996)
* April 8 – Ichirō Fujiyama, composer and singer (d. 1993)
* May 7 – Ishirō Honda, film director (d. 1993)
* May 21 – Tanie Kitabayashi, actress (d. 2010)
* October 4 – Shigeaki Hinohara, physician (d. 2017)
* October 21 – Yoshinori Yagi, author (d. 1999)
* November 30 – Tamura Taijiro, novelist (d. 1983)
* December 10 – Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer (d. 1945)
* December 26 – Kikuko Tokugawa, later "Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu", wife of Prince Nobuhito (d. 2004)

## Deaths

* January 19 – Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (b. 1886)
* January 24:
** Uchiyama Gudō, Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist (executed) (b. 1874)
** Shūsui Kōtoku, journalist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1871)
** Kanno Sugako, journalist, feminist and anarchist (executed) (b. 1881)
* March 25 – Shigeru Aoki, painter (b. 1882)
* May 13 – Tani Tateki, army officer (b. 1837)
* June 15 – Ōtori Keisuke, diplomat (b. 1833)
* September 16 – Hishida Shunsō, painter (b. 1874)
* November 11 – Otojirō Kawakami, actor and comedian (b. 1864)
* November 25 – Komura Jutarō, politician (b. 1855)