1887 in Japan

← 1886 1885 1884 1887 in Japan → 1888 1889 1890
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1887 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1887 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Emperor Meiji
• Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi

Events

• January 22 - Tōkyō Denkō begins selling electric lights.

Births

• February 4 – Masaichi Niimi, admiral (d. 1993)
• February 9 – Tsuchida Bakusen, nihonga painter (d. 1936)
• March 25 – Chūichi Nagumo, admiral (d. 1944)
• July 28 – Tetsu Katayama, politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1978)
• November 15 – Hitoshi Ashida, politician and 34th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1959)

Deaths

• December 6 – Shimazu Hisamitsu, samurai (b. 1817)