1886 in Japan

Decades:	1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s;
See also:	Other events of 1886; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1886 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 19 (明治19年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

January 26 - The Hokkaidō Agency opens, with its main office in Sapporo and branch offices in Hakodate and Nemuro.

January 28 – Hidetsugu Yagi, electrical engineer (d. 1976)
February 10 – Raichō Hiratsuka, writer, journalist, political activist (d. 1971)
February 20 – Takuboku Ishikawa, poet (d. 1912)
February 23 – Yahiko Mishima, athlete (d. 1954)
May 20 – Chieko Takamura, artist (d. 1938)
June 9 – Kosaku Yamada, composer and conductor (d. 1965)
June 10 – Sessue Hayakawa, actor (d. 1973)
June 18 – Tsuruko Haraguchi, psychologist and the first Japanese woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy (d. 1915)
July 17 – Chizuko Mifune, clairvoyant (d. 1911)
July 20 – Misao Fujimura, student and poet (d. 1903)
July 24 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, writer and novelist (d. 1965)
November 1
- Sakutarō Hagiwara, writer (d. 1942)
- Sumako Matsui, actress and singer (d. 1919)
November 27 – Tsuguharu Foujita, painter (d. 1968)

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