Difference between revisions of "1789"

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Tenmei 9 (天明九年) / Kansei 1 (寛政元年)

1789/1/25 The Kansei era begins.
1789/3/18 Shiba Kôkan arrives home in Edo, from Nagasaki.
1789/7 The shogunate arrests several thousand illegal prostitutes in Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto. Those arrested in Edo were either sent to the Yoshiwara, or to the rural areas.

Kunashiri-Menashi Rebellion - Ainu fishermen rebel in northeastern Ezo, in the largest conflict between Ainu and Japanese since Shakushain's Revolt in 1669. That Matsumae clan authorities had to rely on Chieftain Tsukinoe of Kunashiri (father of one of the rebel leaders) and other Ainu leaders for help in suppressing the revolt serves to complicate the standard narrative of Ainu exploitation, oppression, and subjugation.
Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorô III makes his stage debut at the age of 4, under the name Onoe Eizaburô.
As one of Emperor Qianlong's Ten Great Campaigns, the Qing army involves itself in a succession dispute in Vietnam; in the end, Vietnamese forces drive the Qing out of Vietnam.
Title Incident (songô jiken) - Emperor Kôkaku names his father "retired emperor" without Tokugawa approval. Matsudaira Sadanobu orders severe punishments to court nobles involved.

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 ==Other Events of 1789==
-*[[Kunashiri-Menashi Rebellion]] - [[Ainu]] fishermen rebel in northeastern [[Ezo]]. Chieftain Tsukinoe of Kunashiri informs the [[Matsumae clan]] authorities, and persuades his son, one of the leaders of the rebellion, to surrender.
+*[[Kunashiri-Menashi Rebellion]] - [[Ainu]] fishermen rebel in northeastern [[Ezo]], in the largest conflict between Ainu and Japanese since [[Shakushain's Revolt]] in [[1669]]. That [[Matsumae clan]] authorities had to rely on Chieftain Tsukinoe of Kunashiri (father of one of the rebel leaders) and other Ainu leaders for help in suppressing the revolt serves to complicate the standard narrative of Ainu exploitation, oppression, and subjugation.
 *[[Kabuki]] actor [[Onoe Kukugoro III|Onoe Kikugorô III]] makes his stage debut at the age of 4, under the name Onoe Eizaburô.
 *As one of [[Emperor Qianlong]]'s [[Ten Great Campaigns]], the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] army involves itself in [[Tay Son|a succession dispute in Vietnam]]; in the end, Vietnamese forces drive the Qing out of Vietnam.