1854

Kaei 7 (嘉永七年) / Ansei 1 (安政元年)

Timeline of 1854

• 1854/1/6 Commodore Perry enters Shuri castle for the second time, as a mere show of authority, but is not granted an audience with any royals.
• 1854/11/9 An earthquake and tsunami hit the Nankaidô region.

Other Events of 1854

• The Buke shohatto are re-promulgated.
• Ichikawa Ebizô V leads a troupe on a kabuki tour in Kamigata (Kansai).
• Reconstuction of Matsumae castle, begun in 1849, is completed.
• Construction on the tenshu of Matsuyama castle (Iyo), begun in 1820, is completed.
• Expeditionary forces of the Russia-America Company occupy Sakhalin Island; the action, and subsequent Russian claims to the island, are justified by Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin based on the concepts of terra nullius and 'prior occupation.'
• The Kingdom of Ryûkyû signs a treaty with the United States.
• Sakamoto Ryôma completes training in Chiba and returns to Tosa han.

Births and Deaths

• Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII commits suicide while on tour in Osaka (b. 1823).
• Shinsengumi member Ichimura Tetsunosuke is born.
• Architect Katayama Tôkuma is born (d. 1917).
• Yamanouchi Toyoatsu, daimyô of Tosa han, dies (b. 1825).

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