1821

Bunsei 4 (文政四年)

Other Events of 1821

• The Dutch East India Company (VOC) imports a pair of camels into Japan and parades them from Nagasaki up to Edo.
• Shogunal territory in Ezo is returned to Matsumae han, and assimilation policies towards the Ainu are reversed - Ainu are now encouraged to be less Japanese; this in response to the lessening threat from Russia.

Births and Deaths

• Geographer Honda Toshiaki dies (b. 1744).

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