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==Timeline of 1783== | ==Timeline of 1783== | ||
*1783/7/5 [[Mt. Asama]] erupts; casualties are estimated at over 20,000. The event exacerbates and prolongs the [[Great Tenmei Famine]]. | *1783/7/5 [[Mt. Asama]] erupts; casualties are estimated at over 20,000. The event exacerbates and prolongs the [[Great Tenmei Famine]]. | ||
| + | *1783/autumn - A deputy manager of the [[Echigoya]] buys out the contract of [[Segawa VI]] of the [[Matsubaya]] [[chaya|teahouse]] for 1,500 ''[[ryo|ryô]]''. | ||
==Other Events of 1783== | ==Other Events of 1783== | ||
Revision as of 19:46, 30 March 2010
Tenmei 3 (天明三年)
Timeline of 1783
- 1783/7/5 Mt. Asama erupts; casualties are estimated at over 20,000. The event exacerbates and prolongs the Great Tenmei Famine.
- 1783/autumn - A deputy manager of the Echigoya buys out the contract of Segawa VI of the Matsubaya teahouse for 1,500 ryô.
Other Events of 1783
- Shiba Kôkan becomes the first Japanese to produce copperplate engraving prints.
- Tsutaya Jûzaburô buys out fellow publisher Moriya Kohei, and moves his shop from just outside the Yoshiwara to Toriabura-chô, the heart of Edo's publishing district.
Births and Deaths
- Swordsman Shirai Tôru born.
- 1783/4/6 Chôshû retainer Murata Seifû born.
- 1783/5/12 Gesaku writer Ryûtei Tanehiko born.
- 1783/9/26 Matsudaira Nariatsu born.
- 1783/11/23 Mathematician Arima Yoriyuki dies.
- 1783/12/25 Yosa Buson dies (b. 1716).
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