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Kansei 4 (寛政四年)

1792/5 Rangaku scholar and doctor Hayashi Shihei is confined under house arrest; the printing blocks for his books Kaikoku Heidan (Military Discussion of Maritime Nations) and Sangoku Tsuuran Zusetsu (Illustrated General Survey of Three Countries) are seized and destroyed.
1792/5/19 The city savings association (machi kaisho) is established.
1792/9 Adam Laxman arrives at Nemuro in Ezo along with Daikokuya Kôdayû, and demands to trade.
1792/12 Rôjû Matsudaira Sadanobu orders various daimyo to strengthen coastal defenses.

Udagawa Genzui completes Seisetsu Naika Sen'yô, the first Japanese translation of a text on internal medicine.
The Meirindô is established at Kanazawa castle.
The Sanshikan renders the shinsadame system of Ryukyuan court ranks permanent.

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 *1792/12 ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] orders various daimyo to strengthen coastal defenses.
-==Other Events==
+==Other Events of 1792==
 *[[Udagawa Genzui]] completes ''[[Seisetsu Naika Senyo|Seisetsu Naika Sen'yô]]'', the first Japanese translation of a text on internal medicine.
 *The [[Meirindo|Meirindô]] is established at [[Kanazawa castle]].
 *The ''[[Sanshikan]]'' renders the ''shinsadame'' system of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] court ranks permanent.
+===Births and Deaths===
+*''Rangaku'' scholar [[Okuni Takamasa]] is born (d. [[1871]]).
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