1818

Bunsei 1 (文政元年)

Timeline of 1818

• 1818/5 Englishman Peter Gordon, on board The Brothers, arrives in Uraga and demands to trade.
• 1818/8 Mizuno Tadaakira is appointed rôjû.

Other Events

• The early Shinshintô period of 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.

Births and Deaths

• Shiba Kôkan, ukiyo-e and ranga artist, dies (b. 1747).
• Swordsman Hayashi Masu Masamori of the Shinmusô Hayashizaki-ryû dies.

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