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| ==Timeline of 1848== | | ==Timeline of 1848== |
| + | *1848/5 [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] takes the throne in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. |
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| ==Other Events of 1848== | | ==Other Events of 1848== |
| + | *[[Aizawa Seishisai|Aizawa Seishisai's]] ''[[Shinron]]'' is first published, though not by the author. |
| *[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] begins studying the ''[[Tennen Rishin Ryu|Tennen Rishin-ryû]]'' sword style. | | *[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] begins studying the ''[[Tennen Rishin Ryu|Tennen Rishin-ryû]]'' sword style. |
| *[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] begins studying swordsmanship for the first time. | | *[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] begins studying swordsmanship for the first time. |
| *The practice of "subscription [[Noh]]" comes to an end. | | *The practice of "subscription [[Noh]]" comes to an end. |
| + | *The [[USS Preble|USS ''Preble'']] arrives in [[Naha]], as part of an effort to open Japan for American commerce. They are ultimately unsuccessful; the ship's captain, a Commander Glynn, is petitioned to take missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]] away with him, but he refuses on the grounds that Bettelheim was a British subject. |
| + | *The United States wins the Mexican-American War, and in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, annexes a large swath of territory, including California. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *1848/5/20 [[Kondo Shuhei|Kondô Shûhei]] is born (d. [[1901]]). | | *1848/5/20 [[Kondo Shuhei|Kondô Shûhei]] is born (d. [[1901]]). |
| + | *1848/6/1 (July 1) [[Mathieu Adnet]], French missionary, dies in Ryûkyû, and is buried in the [[Tomari International Cemetery]]. |
| *1848/11/23 [[Takagi Gojiro|Takagi Gôjirô]] is born (d. 1933). | | *1848/11/23 [[Takagi Gojiro|Takagi Gôjirô]] is born (d. 1933). |
| *[[Furukawa Kojiro|Furukawa Kôjirô]]<!--just a guess on macrons--> is born (d. [[1868]]]). | | *[[Furukawa Kojiro|Furukawa Kôjirô]]<!--just a guess on macrons--> is born (d. [[1868]]]). |
| + | *''Ukiyo-e'' artist [[Keisai Eisen]] dies (b. [[1790]]). |
| *''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Suzuki Shonen|Suzuki Shônen]] is born (d. 1918). | | *''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Suzuki Shonen|Suzuki Shônen]] is born (d. 1918). |
| *[[Takenouchi Takeo]] is born (d. [[1869]]). | | *[[Takenouchi Takeo]] is born (d. [[1869]]). |
| + | *[[Takizawa Bakin]] dies (b. [[1767]]). |
| + | *[[Yamauchi Toyoteru]], lord of [[Tosa han]], dies. |
| + | *[[Yamauchi Toyoatsu]], successor of Toyoteru as lord of Tosa, dies. |
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