1793

Kansei 5 (寛政五年)

Other Events of 1793

• Hokusai leaves the Katsukawa school, or is expelled according to some accounts.
• Matsudaira Sadanobu resigns as head of the rôjû.
• The shogunate seeks to import a camel, but the endeavor is deemed too expensive.
• The shogunate grants a permit for entry to Nagasaki harbor to Adam Laxman, as representative of Russia.
• Santô Kyôden opens a tobacconist's shop in the Kyôbashi district of Edo.

Births and Deaths

• Kansei 4/12 Ukiyo-e artist Katsukawa Shunshô dies (b. 1726).
• Shogun Tokugawa Ieyoshi is born (d. 1853).
• Watanabe Kazan is born (d. 1841).

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