*1778/1 The number of [[rice broker]]s (''fudasashi'') in [[Edo]] reaches 109.
*1778/1 The number of [[rice broker]]s (''fudasashi'') in [[Edo]] reaches 109.
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*1778/6 Russian ship arrives at Akkeshi in [[Ezo]] (Hokkaidô), demanding to trade. Represenatives of [[Matsumae han]] turn them away, forcing them to leave the following year.
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*1778/6 A Russian ship led by merchants Ivan Antipin and Dmitrii Shabalin arrives at Akkeshi in [[Ezo]] (Hokkaidô), demanding to trade. Representatives of [[Matsumae han]] turn them away, forcing them to leave the following year.
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==Other Events==
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==Other Events of 1778==
*[[Hokusai]] begins studying under [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]].
*[[Hokusai]] begins studying under [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]].
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*First private ship transports goods to Osaka via the Western Circuit, marking the beginning of the ''[[kitamaebune]]''.
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*[[Satake Shozan]] (Yoshiatsu), daimyô of [[Akita han]], produces his ''Gahô kôryô'', the first Japanese essay attempting to set down the rules of Western-style depiction (i.e. perspective and other aspects of Western painting and drawing).
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===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Ichikawa Danjuro IV|Ichikawa Danjuro IV]] dies (b. [[1712]]).
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*[[Ichikawa Danjuro VI|Ichikawa Danjûrô VI]] is born (d. [[1799]]).