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− | Bunsei 1 (文政元年) | + | Bunka 15 (文化十五年) / Bunsei 1 (文政元年) |
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| ==Timeline of 1818== | | ==Timeline of 1818== |
− | *1818/5 Englishman [[Peter Gordon]], on board ''[[The Brothers]]'', arrives in [[Uraga]] and demands to trade. | + | *1818/3/7 (April 12) - [[Shimazu Shigehide]] arranges in secret to meet at [[Shinagawa]] with [[Jan Cock Blomhoff]], who is on his way to Edo. |
| + | *1818/5 Englishman [[Peter Gordon]], on board ''[[The Brothers]]'' (captained by William Upton Eddis), arrives in [[Uraga]] and demands to trade. |
| *1818/8 [[Mizuno Tadaakira]] is appointed ''[[roju|rôjû]]''. | | *1818/8 [[Mizuno Tadaakira]] is appointed ''[[roju|rôjû]]''. |
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| ==Other Events== | | ==Other Events== |
| *The early Shinshintô period of [[Japanese Swords|Japanese swordmaking]] gives way to the middle Shinshintô period. | | *The early Shinshintô period of [[Japanese Swords|Japanese swordmaking]] gives way to the middle Shinshintô period. |
| + | *[[Basil Hall]] publishes his ''[[Voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea and the great Loo-Choo Island]]''. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
− | *[[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]], ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' and ''[[ranga]]'' artist, dies (b. 1747). | + | *1818/4/24 [[Matsudaira Fumai]] dies (b. [[1751]]). |
| + | *1818/10/21 [[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]], ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' and ''[[ranga]]'' artist, dies (b. 1747). |
| + | *[[Antonio Fontanesi]] is born (d. [[1882]]). |
| *Swordsman Hayashi Masu Masamori of the ''[[Shin Muso Hayashizaki Ryu|Shinmusô Hayashizaki-ryû]]'' dies. | | *Swordsman Hayashi Masu Masamori of the ''[[Shin Muso Hayashizaki Ryu|Shinmusô Hayashizaki-ryû]]'' dies. |
| + | *[[Nagatani Nobuatsu]], first [[Meiji period]] governor of Kyoto, is born (d. [[1902]]). |
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