1789
Tenmei 9 (天明九年) / Kansei 1 (寛政元年)
Timeline of 1789
- 1789/1/25 The Kansei era begins.
- 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
- Kunashiri-Menashi Rebellion - Ainu fishermen rebel in northeastern Ezo, in the largest conflict between Ainu and Japanese since Shakushain's Revolt in 1669. That Matsumae clan authorities had to rely on Chieftain Tsukinoe of Kunashiri (father of one of the rebel leaders) and other Ainu leaders for help in suppressing the revolt serves to complicate the standard narrative of Ainu exploitation, oppression, and subjugation.
- Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorô III makes his stage debut at the age of 4, under the name Onoe Eizaburô.
- As one of Emperor Qianlong's Ten Great Campaigns, the Qing army involves itself in a succession dispute in Vietnam; in the end, Vietnamese forces drive the Qing out of Vietnam.
- Title Incident (songô jiken) - Emperor Kôkaku names his father "retired emperor" without Tokugawa approval. Matsudaira Sadanobu orders severe punishments to court nobles involved.
Births and Deaths
- Kibyôshi writer Koikawa Harumachi dies (b. 1744).
- Miura Baien dies (b. 1723).
- Yamauchi Toyochika, lord of Tosa han, dies.
- Poet Yanagawa Seigan is born (d. 1858).
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