Events in the year 1913 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...

Emperor Taishō was the 123rd Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and the second ruler of the Empire of Japan from 30 July 1912 until his death in 1926. The Emperor's personal name was . According to Japanese custom, while reigni ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

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Katsura Tarō Prince was a Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1901 to 1906, from 1908 to 1911, and from 1912 to 1913. Katsura was a distinguished general of the First Sino-Japanese W ...

(until February 20) **

Yamamoto Gonnohyōe , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and twice Prime Minister of Japan from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1923 to 1924. Biography Early life Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima in Satsuma Province (now Kagoshima Prefecture) as the sixth son ...

(starting February 20)

Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Kenzo Ishihara (until 13 March); Matsui Shigeru (starting 13 March) *Akita Prefecture: Toyosuke Haneda *Aomori Prefecture:

Takeda Chiyosaburo is a Japanese family name.1990 Census Name Files< ...

(until 1 June); Takeo Tanaka (starting 1 June) *Ehime Prefecture: Renarto Fukamachi *Fukui Prefecture:

Tokiwa Ikematsu Tokiwa, usually written , , or , may refer to: Places * Tokiwa, Fukushima, a town in the north of Japan's main island *Tokiwa, Aomori, a village in the far north of Japan's main island Colleges and universities *Tokiwa Junior College, Mito, Ibarak ...

(until 1 June); Teru Kagawa (starting 1 June) *Fukushima Prefecture: Hiromichi Nishikubo (until 1 June);

Ota Masahiro OTA or ota may stand for: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Off the Air'', an Adult Swim television series * Otakon, an annual anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland Electronics, science, and technology * Ochratoxin A (also termed OTA), a mycoto ...

(starting 1 June) *Gifu Prefecture: Sadakichi Usu (until 1 June);

Shimada Gotaro Shimada may refer to: *Shimada (surname), a Japanese surname * Shimada (city), Shizuoka, Japan ** Shimada-juku **Shimada Station *Shimada (hairstyle) is the term used for a number of traditional Japanese hairstyles considered to be distinc ...

(starting 1 June) *Gunma Prefecture: Yasuyoshi Kurogane (until 1 June);

Muneyoshi Oshiba Muneyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese agricultural scholar *, Japanese sumo wrestler See also *, Japanese samurai under the Tokugawa clan, whose name was misread b ...

(starting 1 June) * Hiroshima Prefecture: Nakamura Junkuro (until 27 February);

Terada Yushi Terada Yushi (January 27, 1851 – March 14, 1917) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Tottori Prefecture (1901-1906), Okayama Prefecture (1906-1908), Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region ...

(starting 27 February) *

Ibaraki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Tochigi Prefecture ...

: Keisuke Sakanaka *Iwate Prefecture: Shinichi Kasai (until 3 March); Sadajiro Tsutsumi (starting 3 March) *Kagawa Prefecture: Kogoro Kanokogi *

Kumamoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to the northeast, M ...

: Ueyama Mitsunoshin (until 31 May);

Akahoshi Futoshi Akahoshi (written: 赤星 lit. "red star") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Iris Akahoshi Iris Akahoshi (March 14, 1929, Czechoslovakia – July 24, 1987, U.S.) was an American human rights activist who became know ...

(starting 31 May) *Kochi Prefecture: Goro Sugiyama (until 1 June); Kinjiro Nagai (starting 1 June) * Kyoto Prefecture: Shoichi Omori *Mie Prefecture: Magoichi Tahara * Miyagi Prefecture:

(until 27 February);

Mori Masataka Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname, and also a Persian pet name for Morteza. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India. Italian surname * Barbara Mori, Uruguayan-Mexican actress *Camilo Mori, Chilean painter *Cesa ...

(starting 27 February) *Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadakazu Ariyoshi * Nagano Prefecture:

Teikan Chiba was a Japanese prosecutor, judge and politician. He was born in Nara Prefecture. He was governor of Ōita Prefecture (1906-1911) and Nagano Prefecture (1911-1913). He was a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese order, ...

(until 3 April);

Ichiro Yoda Ichiro Yoda (1860 – September 28, 1933) was a Japanese politician who served as the governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from July 1921 to October 1922. Prior to that, he served as the governor of Gunma Prefecture (1912), and of Nagano Prefecture ...

(starting 3 April) *Nara Prefecture:

Raizo Wakabayashi was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Shimane Prefecture (1908), Nara Prefecture (1909-1913), Yamanashi Prefecture (1913-1914), Saga Prefecture (1914-1915), Kagawa Prefecture (1915-1917), Ehime Prefecture is a prefecture o ...

(until month unknown) *

Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and ...

: Izawa Takio (until 8 September); Ando Kensuke (starting 8 September) * Okayama Prefecture:

Tsunamasa Ōyama was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Saga Prefecture (1898-1901), Gunma Prefecture (1901-1902) and Nagano Prefecture (1902-1905). Awards *1907 - Order of the Rising Sun The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor M ...

(until month unknown) * Okinawa Prefecture:

Hibi Shigeaki was Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (1908–1913).Jinji Kōshinjo, ed. "人事興信録第6版" (Who's Who Volume 6), 1921, p.4. References Further reading

* Hata Ikuhiko, ed. "日本官僚制総合事典：1868 – 2000" (Compreh ...

(until 1 June); Takuya Takahashi (starting 1 June) * Osaka Prefecture: Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi *

Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...

Fuwa The Fuwa (; literally "good-luck dolls", also known as "Friendlies") were the mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The designs were created by Han Meilin, a famous Chinese artist. The designs were publicly announced by the Nation ...

* Saitama Prefecture:

(until 1 June); Soeda Keiichiro (starting 1 June) *Shiname Prefecture: Takaoka Naokichi *Tochigi Prefecture: Okada Bunji *

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

: Munakata Tadash *Tottori Prefecture:

Oka Kishichiro Itami Oka or OKA may refer to: Cars * Oka (automobile), a small car designed by AvtoVAZ and produced by ZMA and SeAZ * OKA 4wd, a large 4-wheel-drive vehicle made in Western Australia by OKA Military * 2B1 Oka, Soviet 420 mm self-propelled morta ...

(until month unknown) *Toyama Prefecture:

Tsunenosuke Hamada was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from September 1925 to September 1926. He was governor of Toyama Prefecture (1910-1915), Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of ...

*Yamagata Prefecture: Iwataro Odakiri

Events

*January 21 – The first French

private school Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...

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. Later graduates include

Sakaguchi Ango was a Japanese writer of short stories and novels and an essayist. His real name was . Biography Born in Niigata, Sakaguchi was one of a group of young Japanese writers to rise to prominence in the years immediately following Japan's defeat i ...

, Tanizaki Junichiro and

Takehisa Yumeji was a Japanese poet and painter. He is known foremost for his ''Nihonga'' illustrations of ''bijin'', beautiful women and girls, though he also produced a wide variety of works including book covers, serial newspaper illustrations, '' furoshik ...

Births

*January 12 –

Yoshi Katō was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 175 films between 1949 and 1988. He won the award for Best Actor at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in '' Hometown''. He married the actress Isuzu Yamada in 1950, but ...

, actor (d.

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

) *February 9 – Haruyo Ichikawa, film actress (d. 2004) *February 11 – Masaji Kiyokawa, backstroke swimmer (d.

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

) *March 28 –

Toko Shinoda was a Japanese artist. Shinoda is best known for her abstract sumi ink paintings and prints. Shinoda’s oeuvre was predominantly executed using the traditional means and media of East Asian calligraphy, but her resulting abstract ink paintings ...

, painter (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

) *April 12 – Keiko Fukuda, martial artist (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

) *May 14 –

Masaji Iguro Masaji Iguro ( ja, 伊黒正次; May 14, 1913 – October 4, 2000) was a Japanese ski jumper who competed in the 1930s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olym ...

, ski jumper (d.

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

) *June 24 –

Takeshi Nagata was a Japanese geophysicist. He studied geomagnetism. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society is the highest award given by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). The RAS Counc ...

, earth scientist, (d.

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

) *July 4 – Princess Ayako Takeda (d. 2003) *September 4 –

Kenzō Tange was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and designed major buildings on five con ...

, architect (d. 2005) *September 12 –

Eiji Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist. He was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and worldwide prominence during his tenure as president and later, as chairman. He was succeeded as the president of Toyota by Shoi ...

, industrialist (d.

) *October 21 – Princess Sawako Kitashirakawa, daughter of

Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa , was the 3rd head of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family. Early life Prince Naruhisa was the son of Prince Yoshihisa Kitashirakawa and Princess Tomiko.Takenobu, Yoshitaro. (1906). Prince Naruhisa succeeded as head of the hou ...

(d. 2001) *October 26 –

Sakunosuke Oda was a Japanese writer. He is often grouped together with Osamu Dazai and Ango Sakaguchi as the '' Buraiha.'' Literally meaning ruffian or hoodlum faction, this label was not a matter of a stylistic school but one bestowed upon them by conservati ...

, writer (d. 1947) *November 5 –

Seiji Miyaguchi was a Japanese actor who appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai and many others. He succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 71. Distinctions One of Kurosawa's iconic '' Seven Samurai'', Miyaguchi won the 19 ...

, actor (d.

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

) *December 15 –

Masayoshi Ito was a Japanese political figure. He served as acting prime minister of Japan in 1980 after the sudden death of Masayoshi Ōhira. He then served as foreign minister of Japan from 1980 to 1981. Early life Ito was born on 15 December 1913 in Ai ...

, politician (d.

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

)

Deaths

*January 20 –

Nakane Kōtei was a Japanese writer who lived during the late Edo Period and Meiji Era. Writing under the pen name of Kōtei, his given name was Kiyoshi (淑). He was the second son of Sone Nao (曾根直), and his patrilineality root was the Kai-Genji clan ...

, writer (b. 1839) *June 23 – Ogino Ginko, first licensed female

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

western medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

in Japan (b. 1851) *July 5 –

Prince Arisugawa Takehito was the 10th head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Early life Prince Takehito was born in Kyoto as a scion of the house, one of the ''shinnōke'' branches of the Imperial ...

, Marshal Admiral (b. 1862) *July 10 –

Hayashi Tadasu was a Japanese career diplomat and cabinet minister of Meiji-era Japan. Early life He was born Satō Shingoro in Sakura city, Shimōsa Province (present-day Chiba prefecture),Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. ...

, diplomat and cabinet minister (b. 1850) *July 30 –

Itō Sachio was the pen-name of , a Japanese ''tanka'' poet and novelist active during the Meiji period of Japan. Biography Itō was born in what is now Sanmu city, Chiba prefecture, as the younger son to a farming family. He attended the ''Meiji Hōritsu ...

, writer and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

(b. 1864) *September 2 –

Okakura Kakuzō (also known as 岡倉天心 Okakura Tenshin) was a Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji- Restoration reform defended traditional forms, customs and beliefs. Outside Japan, he is chiefly renowned for '' The Book of Tea: A Jap ...

, scholar (b. 1862) *September 4 – Shōzō Tanaka, social activist (b. 1841) *October 10 –

, general and

Prime Minister of Japan The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Sta ...

(b. 1848) *November 22 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th and last

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

(b. 1837) * Ichikawa Kumehachi, kabuki actress (b. 1846)

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