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*''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Asai Chu|Asai Chû]] is born (d. [[1907]]). | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Asai Chu|Asai Chû]] is born (d. [[1907]]). | ||
| + | *Confucian scholar [[Hirose Tanso|Hirose Tansô]] dies (b. [[1782]]). | ||
*[[Ninomiya Sontoku]] dies (b. [[1787]]). | *[[Ninomiya Sontoku]] dies (b. [[1787]]). | ||
Revision as of 17:53, 12 March 2017
Ansei 3 (安政三年)
Timeline of 1856
- 1856/1/4 Treaty of Peace and Amity is signed between the Netherlands and Japan.
- 1856/8 Henry Heusken arrives in Japan.
- 1856/11 Atsu-hime formally enters Edo castle as the shogun's wife.
- 1856/12/18 Shogun Tokugawa Iesada and Atsu-hime are formally married.
Other Events of 1856
- The shogunate establishes the kôbusho.
- Commodore Matthew Perry presents his Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan to Congress.
- The Second Opium War breaks out (ends 1860).
- The Yôgakusho (Bureau of Western Studies) is renamed the Bansho Shirabesho (Institute for the Study of Western Books).
Births and Deaths
- Yôga painter Asai Chû is born (d. 1907).
- Confucian scholar Hirose Tansô dies (b. 1782).
- Ninomiya Sontoku dies (b. 1787).
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