1804

Kyôwa 4 (享和四年) / Bunka 1 (文化元年)

Timeline of 1804

• 1804/9 Russian Nikolai Rezanov arrives at Nagasaki seeking to trade. He is refused and sent away the following year.

Other Events of 1804

• The book Ehon Taikôki is banned, and a prohibition is placed on naming in prints, or identifying by mon, any high-ranking samurai who lived since the Tenshô era (1573-1592).

Births and Deaths

• Torii clan samurai Torii Yôzô is born (d. 1874).

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