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*The Naitô Shinjuku post-station is reopened after being closed for several decades.
*The Naitô Shinjuku post-station is reopened after being closed for several decades.
*[[Nakasu]] entertainment district in [[Edo]] is established.
*[[Nakasu]] entertainment district in [[Edo]] is established.
*[[Sugita Genpaku]] and two others perform a dissection of a human body, with a Dutch book as a guide.
*[[Sugita Genpaku]] and two others perform a dissection of a human body, with a Dutch book as a guide. This is particularly significant not simply because it allows the Japanese ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholars to confirm the accuracy of Dutch science, but also because it confirms for them that European and Japanese bodies are essentially the same - i.e. that Europeans are no less human than Japanese, and are not remarkably different in their anatomy.
*The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
*The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
