1796

Kansei 8 (寛政八年)

Timeline of 1796

• 1796/5/4 Aburaya Incident - a young doctor, Magofuku Itsuki, kills three and seriously injures six in an attack at the Aburaya teahouse in Furuichi, near Ise.
• 1796/7/25 - The kabuki play Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba by Chikamatsu Tokuzô, Tatsuoka Mansaku and Namiki Shôzô II premieres at the Kado no shibai in Osaka.

Other Events of 1796

• British ships under William Robert Broughton visit the Ryûkyû Islands.
• Hokusai studies under Shiba Kôkan for a time.
• Ichikawa Danjûrô V retires.
• The Qianlong Emperor abdicates in favor of his son, who becomes the Jiaqing Emperor.
• Ryukyuan embassy departs for Edo.
• Shô Genko paints official posthumous royal portraits of many of the kings of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû.
• The White Lotus Rebellion begins in China (ends 1804).

Births and Deaths

• 1796/5/6 Magofuku Itsuki commits suicide (b. c. 1769).
• Date Chikamune is born (d. 1812).
• Kanô Osanobu is born (d. 1846).
• Philipp Franz von Siebold is born (d. 1866).
• Suzuki Kiitsu is born (d. 1858).

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