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Tenpô 13 (天保十三年)

==Timeline of 1842==
*1842/6 Depictions in ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' of [[geisha]], courtesans, [[yakusha-e|kabuki actors]], and the like are banned.
*1842/7/24 (Aug 29) - [[Treaty of Nanjing]] is signed between China and the United Kingdom, ending the [[First Opium War]].

==Other Events of 1842==
*[[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Ebizô V]] is banished from Edo as a punishment for his extravagant lifestyle. He moves to Osaka.
*Publication, begun in [[1829]], of ''[[Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji]]'' by [[Ryutei Tanehiko|Ryûtei Tanehiko]], with illustrations by [[Utagawa Kunisada]], is cut off by the authorities.
*[[Ryukyuan embassy]] journeys to Edo.
*[[Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels]] issued in [[1825]] is repealed. The shogunate instructs local authorities to provide food and fuel for foreign ships and to encourage them to leave as soon as possible, a considerable softening of policy from earlier edicts which demanded the all-out repulsion of foreign vessels.
*The shogunate continues to implement added elements of the [[Tenpo Reforms|Tenpô Reforms]].
**Over 4,000 illegal prostitutes of Edo are arrested and moved to the [[Yoshiwara]].
**Kabuki theatres are required to move to Saruwaka-chô, which comes to be informally known as Shibai-machi ("Theater Town"). No major kabuki theatre would operate outside of that district for thirty years.
**At least one ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' criticizes the reforms as hurting the city's economy, and thus being opposed to ideals of benevolent government.

===Births and Deaths of 1842===
* Tenpô 12/12/24 Ryukyuan aristocrat [[Rin Seiko|Rin Seikô]] is born (d. [[1880]]).
* [[Abiru Eisaburo]] is born.
* Painter [[Hyakutake Kenko|Hyakutake Kenkô]] is born (d. [[1887]]).
*[[Matsudaira Takeoki]], lord of [[Hamada han]], dies.
* [[Ryutei Tanehiko|Ryûtei Tanehiko]] commits suicide.


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