1798

Kansei 10 (寛政十年)

Timeline of 1798

• 1798/5/1 Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu views from his beach palace a whale which, following torrential rains in previous days, had become disoriented and made its way into Edo Bay.

Other Events of 1798

• Morishima Chûryô finishes compiling his Bango-sen ("Lexicon of the Barbarian Language"), a Japanese-Dutch dictionary.
• The National Academy (Kokugaku) and Hiragakkô-jo schools are established in Shuri.

Births and Deaths

• Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi is born.

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