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==Timeline of 1790== | ==Timeline of 1790== | ||
*1790/5 The [[Kansei reforms]] are promulgated, imposing new regulations on publishing. | *1790/5 The [[Kansei reforms]] are promulgated, imposing new regulations on publishing. | ||
| + | **Includes bans on books containing unorthodox ideas, those produced under pseudonyms, and those written in ''[[kana]]'' and based on "baseless rumors", along with those books and prints depicting current events in the guise of historical tales. Extravagant objects with "rhetorical flourishes" are likewise banned. | ||
| + | *1790/10 The regulations on publishing of the Fifth Month are re-promulgated. | ||
==Other Events of 1790== | ==Other Events of 1790== | ||
Revision as of 02:19, 1 March 2010
Kansei 2 (寛政二年)
Timeline of 1790
- 1790/5 The Kansei reforms are promulgated, imposing new regulations on publishing.
- Includes bans on books containing unorthodox ideas, those produced under pseudonyms, and those written in kana and based on "baseless rumors", along with those books and prints depicting current events in the guise of historical tales. Extravagant objects with "rhetorical flourishes" are likewise banned.
- 1790/10 The regulations on publishing of the Fifth Month are re-promulgated.
Other Events of 1790
- The Nakasu entertainment district in Edo is dismantled, and the normal flow of the Sumida River restored.
- The shogunate closes over forty illegal pleasure districts in Edo.
Births and Deaths
- Kabuki actor Nakamura Nakazô I dies (b. 1736).
| Previous Year 1789 |
1790 | Following Year 1791 |
