1872 in Japan

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See also:	Other events of 1872 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1872 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji
• Empress consort: Empress Shōken

Events

• date unknown
  • Tokyo National Museum is founded.^[1]
  • The Imperial Library is established.^[2]
  • Tomioka silk mill, Japan's first modern model silk reeling factory, is established by the government.
  • The Ryukyu Domain is created when the emperor changes the title of Shō Tai, the Ryukyu Kingdom's monarch (Ryūkyū-koku-ō), to that of a domain head (Ryūkyū-han-ō). The former Ryukyu Kingdom thus becomes a han.^[3]

Births

• January 22 - Katai Tayama, novelist (died 1930)

Deaths

• February 10 - Prince Kitashirakawa Satonari, founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family (born 1850)
• March 28 - Nambu Nobuyuki, 9th and final daimyō of Hachinohe Domain (born 1814)

References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
2. "History". National Diet Library. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
3. Lin, Man-houng. "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective," Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from Academia Sinica Weekly, No. 1084. 24 August 2006.