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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]]). | ||
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Revision as of 15:42, 25 February 2014
Ansei 3 (安政三年)
Timeline of 1856
- 1856/8 Henry Heusken arrives in Japan.
- 1856/11 Atsu-hime formally enters Edo castle as the shogun's wife.
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).
- Ninomiya Sontoku dies (b. 1787).
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