1844

Tenpô 15 (天保十五年) / Kôka 1 (弘化元年)

Timeline of 1844

• 1844/5 The Honmaru of Edo castle burns down.

Other Events of 1844

• French ship Alcmene calls at Ryukyu; drops off the Catholic missionary Theodore Augustin Forcade and leaves.
• The French secure from the Daoguang Emperor an edict of toleration for Christianity (severe proscriptions had been issued in 1724) in China.
• The shogunate asks publishers Subaraya Mohei and Izumoji Bunjirô to reveal their sources for bukan (guidebooks to samurai houses); this is an indication that the source was not the shogunate itself.
• The Lord of Tsushima han forwards to the Korean court a request from the shogunate, that a Korean embassy journey to Osaka in 1846.
• Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kunisada takes on the name of his teacher and becomes Toyokuni III.

Births and Deaths

• Basil Hall dies (b. 1788).
• Painter Kôno Bairei is born (d. 1895).
• Diplomat Mutsu Munemitsu is born.
• Shinsengumi member Nomura Risaburô is born.
• Shinsengumi commander Saitô Hajime is born.
• Shinsengumi commander Tôdô Heisuke is born.
• Shinsengumi member Tomikawa Jûrô is born.
• Uesugi Mochinori is born (d. 1919).

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