*1758/11/29 [[Baba Bunko|Baba Bunkô]], a professional storyteller, is executed for the dissemination of stories and rumors about current events - specifically, the [[peasant protests]] in [[Mino province]] against [[Kanamori Yorikane]].
==Other Events of 1758==
==Other Events of 1758==
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===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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*Baba Bunkô dies (b. [[1717]]).
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*1758/11/29 [[Baba Bunko|Baba Bunkô]], a professional storyteller, is executed for the dissemination of stories and rumors about current events - specifically, the [[peasant protests]] in [[Mino province]] against [[Kanamori Yorikane]]. (b. [[1717]]). His head is put on public display as a warning to others, in a practice known as ''gokumon''.
*[[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] dies (b. [[1689]]).
*[[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] dies (b. [[1689]]).