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==Births and Deaths of 1837==
Tenpô 8 (天保八年)
* 9/20 [[Abe Juro|Abe Jûro]] is born.
==Timeline of 1837==
*1837/2 [[Oshio Heihachiro|Ôshio Heihachirô]] leads a peasant rebellion in [[Osaka]].
*1837/4 [[Tokugawa Ienari]] officially abdicates his position as Shogun.
*1837/6 American ship ''[[Morrison]]'', seeking to repatriate Japanese castaways and to trade, is driven away from the ports of [[Uraga]] (near [[Edo]]) and [[Yamakawa]] in [[Satsuma han]] by cannon fire. This is the only time the [[1825]] [[Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels]] is put into action.
*1837/6 [[Ikuta Yorozu]] leads a peasant rebellion in [[Kuwana han]] (Ise province).
*1837/9/2 [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] succeeds his father as Shogun.
==Other Events of 1837==
*The ''Morrison'' arrives at [[Naha]] Port; the ship is provisioned and its crew permitted to move about the city before departing for Japan.
*Substantial repair work is done on [[Shuri castle]].
*A Confucian temple is built in [[Shuri]].
*[[Queen Victoria]] takes the throne of the United Kingdom.
===Births and Deaths===
*1837/6/13 [[Arashi Rikan II]] dies (b. [[1788]]).
*1837/9/20 [[Abe Juro|Abe Jûro]] is born.
*[[Itagaki Taisuke]] is born (d. 1919).
*[[Kabayama Sukenori]], first [[Governor-General of Taiwan]], is born (d. 1922).
*Painter [[Okuhara Seiko]] is born (d. [[1913]]).
*Ôshio Heihachirô dies (b. [[1793]]).
*[[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]] is born (d. [[1891]]).
*Monk-painter [[Sengai]] dies (b. [[1750]]).
*Painter [[Tomioka Tessai]] is born (d. 1924).
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