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==Timeline of 1798==
==Timeline of 1798==
*1798/5/1 Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieharu]] views from his beach palace a whale which, following torrential rains in previous days, had become disoriented and made its way into Edo Bay.
==Other Events of 1798==
==Other Events of 1798==
*Lightning strikes the Great Buddha Hall of Kyoto's [[Hoko-ji|Hôkô-ji]], setting it aflame. The Hall, and the ''Kyôto Daibutsu'' (Great Buddha statue) within are destroyed.
*The [[Hosho school|Hôshô school]] of [[Noh]] publishes its first ''[[utai-bon]]''.
*[[Morishima Churyo|Morishima Chûryô]] finishes compiling his ''[[Bango-sen]]'' ("Lexicon of the Barbarian Language"), a Japanese-Dutch dictionary.
*The [[National Academy (Ryukyu)|National Academy]] (''Kokugaku'') and ''[[Hiragakko-jo|Hiragakkô-jo]]'' schools are established in [[Shuri]].
*The [[National Academy (Ryukyu)|National Academy]] (''Kokugaku'') and ''[[Hiragakko-jo|Hiragakkô-jo]]'' schools are established in [[Shuri]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]] is born.
*[[Kabuki]] actor [[Nakayama Bunshichi II]] dies (b. [[1755]]).
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