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.
• 1804/11/24 The Nagasaki bugyô determines Rezanov's ship to be nonthreatening, and issues permission to troops from Fukuoka han, guarding the harbor, to return to their home province.

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).
• Kyuai Zuihitsu, the travelogue of Momoi Tou, is published posthumously.
• Megumi Kenka Incident - A fight breaks out between firefighters and sumo wrestlers in the vicinity of the Shiba Daimon.
• Shô Sei is succeeded as king of the Ryûkyû Kingdom by Shô Kô.
• The White Lotus Rebellion in China, which began in 1796, comes to an end.

Births and Deaths

• 1804/2/19 Manabe Akikatsu is born (d. 1884).
• Kongô Ujitada dies.
• King Shô Sei of the Ryûkyû Kingdom dies (b. 1800).
• Torii clan samurai Torii Yôzô is born (d. 1874).

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