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*[[Ryukyuan embassy]] journeys to Edo.
*[[Ryukyuan embassy]] journeys to Edo.
*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 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 [[Tenpo Reforms|Tenpô Reforms]].
*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]].
**Over 4,000 illegal prostitutes of Edo are arrested and moved to the [[Yoshiwara]].
**Kabuki theatres are required to move to Saruwaka-chô. No major kabuki theatre would operate outside of that district for thirty years.
**Kabuki theatres are required to move to Saruwaka-chô. No major kabuki theatre would operate outside of that district for thirty years.
