Difference between revisions of "1798"

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Kansei 10 (寛政十年)

1798/5/1 Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu views from his beach palace a whale which, following torrential rains in previous days, had become disoriented and made its way into Edo Bay.

Lightning strikes the Great Buddha Hall of Kyoto's Hôkô-ji, setting it aflame. The Hall, and the Kyôto Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue) within are destroyed.
The Hôshô school of Noh publishes its first utai-bon.
Morishima Chûryô finishes compiling his Bango-sen ("Lexicon of the Barbarian Language"), a Japanese-Dutch dictionary.
The National Academy (Kokugaku) and Hiragakkô-jo schools are established in Shuri.

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 ==Other Events of 1798==
+*Lightning strikes the Great Buddha Hall of Kyoto's [[Hoko-ji|Hôkô-ji]], setting it aflame. The Hall, and the ''Kyôto Daibutsu'' (Great Buddha statue) within are destroyed.
 *The [[Hosho school|Hôshô school]] of [[Noh]] publishes its first ''[[utai-bon]]''.
 *[[Morishima Churyo|Morishima Chûryô]] finishes compiling his ''[[Bango-sen]]'' ("Lexicon of the Barbarian Language"), a Japanese-Dutch dictionary.
 *The [[National Academy (Ryukyu)|National Academy]] (''Kokugaku'') and ''[[Hiragakko-jo|Hiragakkô-jo]]'' schools are established in [[Shuri]].
-*Ryukyuan Chinese-style music, known as ''[[uzagaku]]'', is performed at [[Nagoya castle]] as part of a [[Ryukyuan embassy]] to [[Edo]]. The musical instruments used are presented as a gift to the lord of Nagoya afterwards.
 ===Births and Deaths===
 *[[Kabuki]] actor [[Nakayama Bunshichi II]] dies (b. [[1755]]).
-*''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]] is born.
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