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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]]''. |
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| ==Other Events of 1783== | | ==Other Events of 1783== |
| *[[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]] becomes the first Japanese to produce copperplate engraving prints. | | *[[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]] becomes the first Japanese to produce copperplate engraving prints. |
| + | *[[Tsutaya Juzaburo|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. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
− | *Swordsman [[Shirai Toru|Shirai Tôru]] born.
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| *1783/4/6 [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] retainer [[Murata Seifu|Murata Seifû]] born. | | *1783/4/6 [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] retainer [[Murata Seifu|Murata Seifû]] born. |
| *1783/5/12 [[Gesaku]] writer [[Ryutei Tanehiko|Ryûtei Tanehiko]] born. | | *1783/5/12 [[Gesaku]] writer [[Ryutei Tanehiko|Ryûtei Tanehiko]] born. |
| *1783/9/26 [[Matsudaira Nariatsu]] born. | | *1783/9/26 [[Matsudaira Nariatsu]] born. |
| *1783/11/23 Mathematician [[Arima Yoriyuki]] dies. | | *1783/11/23 Mathematician [[Arima Yoriyuki]] dies. |
− | | + | *1783/12/25 [[Yosa Buson]] dies (b. [[1716]]). |
| + | *[[Onoe Kikugoro I|Onoe Kikugorô I]] dies (b. [[1717]]). |
| + | *Swordsman [[Shirai Toru|Shirai Tôru]] is born. |
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