1842

Tenpô 13 (天保十三年)

Timeline of 1842

• 1842/6 Depictions in ukiyo-e of geisha, courtesans, kabuki actors, and the like are banned.

Other Events of 1842

• Ichikawa Ebizô V is banished from Edo as a punishment for his extravagant lifestyle. He moves to Osaka.
• Publication, begun in 1829, of Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji by Ryûtei Tanehiko, with illustrations by Utagawa Kunisada, is cut off by the authorities.
• Ryukyuan embassy journeys to Edo.
• Treaty of Nanjing ends the First Opium War.
• The shogunate issues an edict instructing local authorities to provide food and fuel for foreign ships and to encourage them to leave as soon as possible, a considerable softening of policy from earlier edicts which demanded the all-out repulsion of foreign vessels.
• The shogunate institutes the Tenpô Reforms.
  • Over 4,000 illegal prostitutes of Edo are arrested and moved to the Yoshiwara.

Births and Deaths of 1842

• Abiru Eisaburo is born.
• Ryûtei Tanehiko commits suicide.

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