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**Over 4,000 illegal prostitutes of Edo are arrested and moved to the [[Yoshiwara]].
**Over 4,000 illegal prostitutes of Edo are arrested and moved to the [[Yoshiwara]].
**Kabuki theatres are required to move to Saruwaka-chô, which comes to be informally known as Shibai-machi ("Theater Town"). No major kabuki theatre would operate outside of that district for thirty years.
**Kabuki theatres are required to move to Saruwaka-chô, which comes to be informally known as Shibai-machi ("Theater Town"). No major kabuki theatre would operate outside of that district for thirty years.
**At least one ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' criticizes the reforms as hurting the city's economy, and thus being opposed to ideals of benevolent government.
===Births and Deaths of 1842===
===Births and Deaths of 1842===