1757
Hôreki 7 (宝暦七年)
Timeline of 1757
- 1757/7/26 A powerful typhoon strikes Tosa province.
Other Events of 1757
- The Qianlong Emperor orders all ports in the provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu closed, leaving Guangzhou as the chief active southern port in China. (Russian trade at northern ports continues.)
- Chinese investiture envoys destined for Ryukyu runs adrift on coral, but all members of the embassy make it safely to shore on Kumejima, where they build a shrine to Tenpi (Matsu), Taoist patron goddess of sailors and of navigation, in thanks.
- Arriving in Shuri, the envoys stay for roughly seven months, during which time deputy envoy Chou Huang compiles the Ryûkyû-koku shiryaku.
Births and Deaths
- Confucian scholar Hori Keizan dies (b. 1688).
- Artist Kubo Shunman is born (d. 1820).
- Nakahira Zennoshin is executed in Tosa.
- Teisai Hokuba is born (d. 1844).
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