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Tenmei 8 (天明八年)

1788/1/29 Great Tenmei Fire ravages Kyoto.
1788/3 Ishikawamon of Kanazawa castle is built.
1788/3 Matsumae Bunkyô, son of the daimyo of Matsumae han, buys out the contract of Segawa VII of the Matsubaya teahouse for 500 ryô.
1788/4 Segawa VIII debuts.
1788/4/23 Shiba Kôkan departs Edo for Nagasaki.
1788/9/20 Kôkan arrives in Nagasaki.
1788/9/26 Kôkan sneaks into Dejima.
1788/10 Tay Son Rebellion: Le Chieu Thong, emperor of Vietnam's Le Dynasty, retakes Dong Kinh with the help of Qing Dynasty forces.

Rangaku kaitei, a primer on Dutch studies, is published. It is the first unsuppressed publication & circulation in Japan of a book containing Dutch writing.
Ryûkyû zatsuwa is published.

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 *1788/9/20 Kôkan arrives in Nagasaki.
 *1788/9/26 Kôkan sneaks into [[Dejima]].
+*1788/10 [[Tay Son Rebellion]]: [[Le Chieu Thong]], emperor of Vietnam's [[Le Dynasty]], retakes [[Tonkin|Dong Kinh]] with the help of [[Qing Dynasty]] forces.
 ==Other Events of 1788==
-*The [[Le Dynasty]] in Vietnam falls.
 *''[[Rangaku kaitei]]'', a primer on [[Rangaku|Dutch studies]], is published. It is the first unsuppressed publication & circulation in Japan of a book containing Dutch writing.
 *''[[Ryukyu zatsuwa|Ryûkyû zatsuwa]]'' is published.