1882 in Japan

Events in the year 1882 in Japan.

← 1881 1880 1879 1882 in Japan → 1883 1884 1885
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1882 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Monarch: Emperor Meiji

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Renpei Kunisada
• Akita Prefecture: Ishida Eikichi
• Aomori Prefecture: Hidenori Yamada then Kanenori Goda
• Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
• Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
• Fukushima Prefecture: Morisuke Yamayoshi then Michitsume Mishima
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Katori Yoshihiko
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Hitomi Katsutaro
• Iwate Prefecture: Korekiyo Shima
• Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi
• Kochi Prefecture: Teru Tanabe then Ijuin Shizen
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Takaaki Tomioka
• Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Kokudo Kitagaki
• Mie Prefecture: Sadamedaka Iwamura
• Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao
• Nagano Prefecture: Makoto Ono
• Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui
• Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
• Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi
• Saga Prefecture: abolished in 1876 and re‑established in 1883
• Saitama Prefecture: Tasuke Shirane then Kiyohide Yoshida
• Shimane Prefecture: Jiro Sakai
• Tochigi Prefecture: Fujikawa Tamechika
• Tokyo: Earl Kensho Yoshikawa
• Yamagata Prefecture: Viscount Mishima Michitsune

Events

• January 4 - Emperor Meiji issues the Imperial Script for the Military (Gunjin Chokuyu).