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Tenmei 7 (天明七年)

1787/5 Rice riots break out in Osaka; city residents band together and attack the rice storehouses.
1787/5/20-24 Similar riots break out in Edo, and around the same time or shortly afterwards in thirty other cities.
1787/6/19 Matsudaira Sadanobu launches the Kansei Reforms.

The Buke shohatto are repromulgated.
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, a Frenchman, runs aground on a reef near Yaeyama Island.
Matsudaira Sadanobu is appointed head of the rôjû.
Matsumura Goshun joins Maruyama Ôkyo's Shijô studio.
The Hayashi clan school at the Yushida Seidô is officially renamed Shôheizaka gakumonjo, and brought under the direct control of the shogunate, to serve as a site for the education and training of shogunal and domainal officials.
Tokugawa Ienari becomes shogun.
A fire ravages the Yoshiwara.

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 ==Timeline of 1787==
-*1787/5 Rice riots break out in [[Osaka]]; city residents band together and attack the rice storehouses. Similar riots break out shortly afterward in [[Edo]] and thirty other cities.
+*1787/5 Rice riots break out in [[Osaka]]; city residents band together and attack the rice storehouses.
+*1787/5/20-24 Similar riots break out in [[Edo]], and around the same time or shortly afterwards in thirty other cities.
+*1787/6/19 [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] launches the [[Kansei Reforms]].
 ==Other Events of 1787==
 *The ''[[Buke shohatto]]'' are repromulgated.
 *[[Jean-François de Galaup]], comte de La Pérouse, a Frenchman, runs aground on a reef near [[Yaeyama Island]].
-*[[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] is appointed head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''.
+*Matsudaira Sadanobu is appointed head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''.
 *[[Matsumura Goshun]] joins [[Maruyama Okyo|Maruyama Ôkyo's]] [[Shijo school|Shijô]] studio.
 *The [[Hayashi clan]] school at the [[Yushima seido|Yushida Seidô]] is officially renamed [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôheizaka gakumonjo]], and brought under the direct control of the shogunate, to serve as a site for the education and training of shogunal and domainal officials.