# 1901 in Japan

Events in the year 1901 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 34 (明治34年) in the Japanese calendar.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Emperor Meiji
* Prime Minister:
** Itō Hirobumi: until May 10
** Saionji Kinmochi: (Acting) May 10 – June 2
** Katsura Tarō: from June 2

### Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Mori Mamoru
* Akita Prefecture: Takeda Chiyosaburo
* Aomori Prefecture: Munakata Tadashi then Ichiji Yamanouchi
* Ehime Prefecture: Tai Neijro
* Fukui Prefecture: Saburo Iwao then Munakata Tadashi
* Fukushima Prefecture: Arita Yoshisuke
* Gifu Prefecture: Kawaji Toshikyo
* Gunma Prefecture: Furusho Kamon then Nobuchika Ogura
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Asada Tokunori
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Chuzo Kono
* Iwate Prefecture: Ganri Hojo
* Kagawa Prefecture: Naokata Suehiro
* Kochi Prefecture: Kinyuu Watanabe
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori then Egi Kazuyuki
* Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Shoichi Omori
* Mie Prefecture: Kamon Furusha
* Miyagi Prefecture: Motohiro Onoda then Tadashi Munakata
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Sukeo Kabawaya then Isamu Sonowaya
* Nagano Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi then Seki Kiyohide
* Niigata Prefecture: Oshikawa Sokkichi
* Oita Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi
* Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
* Osaka Prefecture: Tadashini Kikuchi
* Saga Prefecture: Seki Kiyohide then Fai Kagawa
* Saitama Prefecture: Marquis Okubo Toshi Takeshi
* Shiga Prefecture: Sada Suzuki
* Shiname Prefecture: Matsunaga Takeyoshi
* Tochigi Prefecture: Korechika
* Tokushima Prefecture: Saburo Iwao
* Tokyo: Baron Sangay Takatomi
* Toyama Prefecture: Higaki Naosuke
* Yamagata Prefecture: Baron Seki Yoshiomi

## Events

* February 5 – Japan fires up the furnace at its first modern ironworks.
* April 20 – Japan Women's University is established.
* June 2 – Katsura Tarō becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
* September 7 – The Boxer Protocol is signed between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance. Japan is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō.
* Unknown date – Imabari Shipbuilding was founded, as predecessor name was Higaki Shipbuilding in Ehime Prefecture.

## Births

* February 15 – Minoru Inuzuka, film director and screenwriter (2007)
* February 16 – Koji Shima, film director, actor, and screenwriter (1986)
* February 17 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (d. 1932)
* March 10 – Mushitaro Oguri, novelist (1946)
* March 27 – Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
* April 19 – Kiyoshi Oka, mathematician (d. 1978)
* April 29
** Hotsumi Ozaki, journalist and soviet spy (d. 1944)
** Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)
* June 21 – Mitsuko Yoshikawa, FILM actress (d. 1991)
* July 10 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (d. 1970)
* September 9 – Hideo Oguma, poet (d. 1940)
* November 4 – Princess Masako Nashimoto, consort of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (d. 1989)
* November 5 – Chōgorō Kaionji, writer (1976)
* December 12 – Ihei Kimura, photographer (d. 1974)

## Deaths

* January 20 – Keisuke Ito, physician and biologist (b. 1803)
* February 3 – Fukuzawa Yukichi, writer and educator (b. 1835)
* March 29 – Ōshima Takatō, engineer (b. 1826)
* June 6 – Oda Nobutoshi, former daimyō (b. 1853)
* June 21 – Hoshi Tōru, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1850)
* August 19 – Shō Tai, last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (b. 1843)
* December 13 – Nakae Chōmin, philosopher and journalist (b. 1847)