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* [[Tenugui]] design competition in Ueno ([[Edo]]). | * [[Tenugui]] design competition in Ueno ([[Edo]]). | ||
* [[Isaac Titsingh]] is succeeded by [[Hendrik Casper Romberg]] as ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]]. | * [[Isaac Titsingh]] is succeeded by [[Hendrik Casper Romberg]] as ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]]. | ||
| + | * The Ryûkyû kariya in [[Satsuma han]] is renamed the [[Ryukyu-kan|Ryûkyû-kan]], and the post of ''kariya-no-kami'' renamed ''[[kikiyaku]]''. | ||
| + | * A famine strikes in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. | ||
===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 25 July 2013
Tenmei 4 (天明四年)
Timeline of 1784
- 1784/2/23 Jinbei finds a seal supposed to have been sent from Han China to an autonomous, early Japanese kingdom called Na. The seal was found on Shiga Island in Fukuoka.
- 1784/2/28 Farmers in Tama county (Musashi) attack rice dealers.(Bushû Murayama riot)
- 1784/3/24 Tanuma Okitomo stabbed by Sano Zenzaemon in Edo castle.
- 1784/4/1 The former kamuro to Utahime of the Matsubaya teahouse debuts as Segawa VII.
- 1784/4 The Yoshiwara burns down.
- 1784/4 Financial difficulties force the Ichimura-za kabuki theatre to close. It is demolished by the sixth month.
- 1784/10/18 Kiri Chôkiri is formally granted permission to run a temporarily licensed kabuki theatre for five years. The empty plot upon which the Ichimura-za had stood is fenced in, and banners are erected declaring the site the Kiri-za.
- 1784/10/22 The yagura denoting the Kiri-za as a licensed theatre is erected.
- 1784/11 The Kiri-za kabuki theatre opens in Edo, temporarily holding the Ichimura-za's license. The kaomise performance is the play Jûni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, one dance drama section of which, Seki no To is still often performed today.
- 1784/11/12 Farmers riots in Matsushiro han.(Shinano)
Other Events of 1784
- Chiba Ryuboku holds an ikebana convention in Asakusa (Edo).
- Egoyomi (picture calendars) are banned from public sale, and are only allowed to be produced on commission.
- Tenugui design competition in Ueno (Edo).
- Isaac Titsingh is succeeded by Hendrik Casper Romberg as opperhoofd in Dejima.
- The Ryûkyû kariya in Satsuma han is renamed the Ryûkyû-kan, and the post of kariya-no-kami renamed kikiyaku.
- A famine strikes in Ryûkyû.
Births and Deaths
- Ike Gyokuran, bijinga painter and wife of Ike no Taiga, dies (b. 1727).
- Onoe Kikugorô III is born (d. 1849).
- Ryukyuan painter Shô Genko is born (d. 1841).
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