Difference between revisions of "1848"

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Kôka 5 (弘化五年) / Kaei 1 (嘉永元年)

Aizawa Seishisai's Shinron is first published, though not by the author.
Kondô Isami begins studying the Tennen Rishin-ryû sword style.
Sakamoto Ryôma begins studying swordsmanship for the first time.
Shô Tai takes the throne in Ryûkyû.
The practice of "subscription Noh" comes to an end.
The USS Preble arrives in Naha, as part of an effort to open Japan for American commerce. They are ultimately unsuccessful; the ship's captain, a Commander Glynn, is petitioned to take missionary Bernard Bettelheim away with him, but he refuses on the grounds that Bettelheim was a British subject.

1848/5/20 Kondô Shûhei is born (d. 1901).
1848/6/1 (July 1) Mathieu Adnet, French missionary, dies in Ryûkyû, and is buried in the Tomari International Cemetery.
1848/11/23 Takagi Gôjirô is born (d. 1933).
Furukawa Kôjirô is born (d. 1868]).
Ukiyo-e artist Keisai Eisen dies (b. 1790).
Nihonga painter Suzuki Shônen is born (d. 1918).
Takenouchi Takeo is born (d. 1869).
Takizawa Bakin dies (b. 1767).
Yamauchi Toyoteru, lord of Tosa han, dies.
Yamauchi Toyoatsu, successor of Toyoteru as lord of Tosa, dies.

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 ==Other Events of 1848==
-*[[Aizawa Seishisai|Aizawa Seishisai's]] ''Shinron'' is first published.
+*[[Aizawa Seishisai|Aizawa Seishisai's]] ''Shinron'' is first published, though not by the author.
 *[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] begins studying the ''[[Tennen Rishin Ryu|Tennen Rishin-ryû]]'' sword style.
 *[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] begins studying swordsmanship for the first time.