1789

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Tenmei 9 (天明九年) / Kansei 1 (寛政元年)

Timeline of 1789

1789/3/18 Shiba Kôkan arrives home in Edo, from Nagasaki.
1789/7 The shogunate arrests several thousand illegal prostitutes in Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto. Those arrested in Edo were either sent to the Yoshiwara, or to the rural areas.

Other Events of 1789

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorô III makes his stage debut at the age of 4, under the name Onoe Eizaburô.

Births and Deaths

Tenmei 8/12 Hakuin dies (b. 1686).
Kibyôshi writer Koikawa Harumachi dies (b. 1744).
Poet Yanagawa Seigan is born (d. 1858).

Previous Year
1788

1789

Following Year
1790

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