1832

Tenpô 3 (天保三年)

Timeline of 1832

• 1832/7/28 Riot in Kurume han.
• 1832/8 Hiroshige begins his first journey on the Tôkaidô.
• 1832/8/19 Execution of thief Nezumi kozô.
• 1832/11/24 Bakufu sets up oil exchange in Edo.
• 1832/12 Manmade mountain Mt Tenpô completed.

Other Events of 1832

• The British merchant ship Amherst arrives at Naha.
• Hokusai's Ryûkyû Hakkei are published.
• Ryukyuan embassy journeys to Edo. While there, a number of members of the mission, led by sangikan Oroku peechin, visit the grave of Higa peechin, who died in Edo in 1806.
• Roughly one-quarter of all books published in the Edo period on Ryukyu-related topics are published this year.
• Strong winds and dryness cause famine in Ryûkyû.

Births and Deaths

• 1832 January 20 Henry Heusken, member of the Townsend Harris expedition, is born (d. 1861).
• Hattori Takeo, member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1867).
• Rai San'yô dies (b. 1780).
• Yanagawa Shigenobu dies (b. 1787).
• Yokoi Kinkoku dies (b. 1761).

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