1885 in Japan

← 1884 1883 1882 1885 in Japan → 1886 1887 1888
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1885 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1885 in Japan.

• Monarch: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi (starting December 22)^[2]

• Aichi Prefecture: Renpei Kunisada then Minoru Katsumata
• Akita Prefecture: Akagawa
• Aomori Prefecture: Kyusei Fukushima
• Ehime Prefecture: Shinpei Seki
• Fukui Prefecture: Tsutomu Ishiguro
• Fukushima Prefecture: Kinichi Akashi
• Gifu Prefecture: Toshi Kozaki
• Gunma Prefecture: Sato Atasesan
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Senda Sadaaki
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Hitomi Katsutaro then Shima
• Iwate Prefecture: Shoichiro Ishii
• Kanagawa Prefecture: Baron Tadatsu Hayashi
• Kochi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Yoshiaki Tonabe
• Kyoto Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu
• Mie Prefecture: Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu then Ishii Kuni
• Miyagi Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Teru Tananbe
• Nagano Prefecture: Baron Seiichiro Kinashi
• Niigata Prefecture: Nagayama Sheng Hui then Shinozaki Goro
• Oita Prefecture: Ryokichi Nishimura
• Okinawa Prefecture: Sutezo Nishimura then Sadakiyo Osako
• Osaka Prefecture: Tateno Tsuyoshi
• Saga Prefecture: Kamata
• Saitama Prefecture: Kiyohide Yoshida
• Shimane Prefecture: Tamechika Fujikawa then Sada Kotedayasu
• Tochigi Prefecture: Mishi Michitsune then Sukeo Kabayama
• Tokyo: Earl Kensho Yoshikawa then Hiroshi Watanabe
• Toyama Prefecture: Kunishige Masafuni
• Yamagata Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi then Shibahara Sum

• January 25 - Kitahara Hakushū (d. 1942), poet and author
• November 8 - Tomoyuki Yamashita (d. 1946), World War II general