1864

Bunkyû 4 (文久四年) / Genji 1 (元治元年)

Timeline of 1864

• 1864/1/15 Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi visits to Kyoto.
• 1864/3/27 Tengutô Rebellion.
• 1864/5/21 Bakufu establishes the Naval Academy.
• 1864/6/5 Ikedaya Affair
• 1864/6/15 Constraction of Goryôkaku is completed.
• 1864/7/19 Kinmon Rebellion
• 1864/7/24 Bakufu orders the 21 han to attack Choshu.
• 1864/8/5 Britain,America,France,Netherland attack Shimonoseki.(Shimonoseki War)
• 1864/9 Shogunate reopens the port of Yokohama, after closing it in the spring.
• 1864/9/22 Bakufu signed to pay compensations to the 4 countries.
• 1864/12
  • 12/16 Tengutô surrenders in Echizen.
  • 12/16 Takasugi Shinsaku and Choshu troops attack Shimonoseki.

Other Events of 1864

• The French establish a protectorate over Cambodia.
• The Taiping Rebellion in China comes to an end.
• The Qing Court launches the Tongzhi Restoration in an effort to halt or reverse the dynasty's decline.
• The first political cartoon by a Japanese artist, appearing in a Japanese publication, is believed to be one published in this year. Appearing in the Nihon bôeki shinbun, a translation of the English-language newspaper Japan Commercial News, the cartoon depicts a man with his decapitated head in his hands, and is meant to refer to the self-destructive results of the anti-foreign actions of Chôshû han (see Bombardment of Shimonoseki).
• Léon Roches becomes French consul in Japan.

Births and Deaths

• 1864/8/2 Shô Ten (d. 1920), Crown Prince of Ryûkyû, is born.
• Gentei, Queen of King Shô Iku of Ryûkyû, dies.
• Hong Xiuquan dies (b. 1814).
• Yôga painter Matsubara Sangorô is born (d. 1946).
• Takeuchi Seihô is born (d. 1942).

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