1787

Tenmei 7 (天明七年)

Timeline of 1787

• 1787/5 Rice riots break out in Osaka; city residents band together and attack the rice storehouses. Similar riots break out shortly afterward in Edo and thirty other cities.

Other Events of 1787

• Matsudaira Sadanobu is appointed head of the rôjû.
• A fire ravages the Yoshiwara.
• The Buke shohatto are repromulgated.

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1787

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