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Tenpô 13 (天保十三年)

1842/6 Depictions in ukiyo-e of geisha, courtesans, kabuki actors, and the like are banned.

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 Ryûtei Tanehiko, with illustrations by Utagawa Kunisada, is cut off by the authorities.
Ryukyuan embassy journeys to Edo.
Treaty of Nanjing ends the First Opium War.
The shogunate issues an edict instructing 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 institutes the Tenpô Reforms.
- Over 4,000 illegal prostitutes of Edo are arrested and moved to the Yoshiwara.

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 ==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 completed.
+*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.
 *Treaty of Nanjing ends the First Opium War.