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.
- 1854/4/5 The USS Saratoga makes port in Honolulu on its way back to the US from Japan.
- 1854/6/17 The Treaty of Amity between the Ryûkyû Kingdom and the United States is signed by Commodore Perry and the Ryukyuan Sessei Shô Kôkun at Naha.
- 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.'
- 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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