1873 in Japan

Incumbents

• Monarch: Emperor Meiji

  Events

• January 1 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar
• January 4 - With the adoption of the Western calendar, the five seasonal festivals—Jinjitsu on January 7, Jōshi on March 3, Tango on May 5, Tanabata on July 7 and Chōyō on September 9)—are abolished.