Bunkyû 2 (文久二年)
Timeline of 1862
- 1862/1/15 Sakashitamongai Incident - Rôjû Andô Nobumasa is attacked outside the Sakashita Gate of Edo Castle by six ronin of Mito han.
- 1862/3 Kabuki play "Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e" premieres at the Ichimura-za in Edo.
- 1862/4/23 Teradaya Incident - meeting of pro-Imperial rebels is broken up as a fight breaks out at the Teradaya in Fushimi, near Kyoto.
- 1862/5 Central repository of han books is moved to Kanda and renamed as repository of Western books. Photography archives are established in Yokohama and Shimooka-renjô.
- 1862/8 Namamugi Incident - An Englishman is killed in Yokohama by a number of samurai of Satsuma han.
- 1862/int.8 Matsudaira Katamori is named Kyoto Shugo Shoku.
- 1862/11 An Imperial court council decides to "expel the barbarians" (Westerners).
- 1862/12 The British Legation is attacked and burned.
Other Events
- Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi marries Princess Kazu-no-Miya (see Kôbu Gattai).
- The Rôshigumi is formed.
- Sakamoto Ryôma flees Tosa, joins up with pro-sonnô jôi rebel groups in Edo; seeks to assassinate Katsu Kaishû, ends up becoming one of Katsu's disciples instead.
- James Hepburn moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
- Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under Takenouchi Yasunori. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair (Great London Exposition).
Births and Deaths
- Yoshida Tôyô, Tosa han minister, is killed by members of the Tosa Loyalist Party (b. 1816).
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