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*1779/11/9 [[Emperor Kokaku|Emperor Kôkaku]] succeeds [[Emperor Go-Momozono]] to the Imperial throne.
 
*1779/11/9 [[Emperor Kokaku|Emperor Kôkaku]] succeeds [[Emperor Go-Momozono]] to the Imperial throne.
  
==Other Events==
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==Other Events of 1779==
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*Adherents of the [[Fuji-ko|Fuji-kô]] sect first begin building mini-Fuji in [[Edo]].
 
*Works by Katsukawa Shunrô, the artist who will later be known as [[Hokusai]], are published for the first time.
 
*Works by Katsukawa Shunrô, the artist who will later be known as [[Hokusai]], are published for the first time.
 
*''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar [[Hiraga Gennai]] is arrested and imprisoned for killing a disciple of his in a fit of rage.
 
*''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar [[Hiraga Gennai]] is arrested and imprisoned for killing a disciple of his in a fit of rage.

Revision as of 22:55, 26 August 2011

An'ei 8 (安永八年)

Timeline of 1779

Other Events of 1779

  • Adherents of the Fuji-kô sect first begin building mini-Fuji in Edo.
  • Works by Katsukawa Shunrô, the artist who will later be known as Hokusai, are published for the first time.
  • Rangaku scholar Hiraga Gennai is arrested and imprisoned for killing a disciple of his in a fit of rage.
  • The shogunate establishes the geisha kenban, and all geisha of the Yoshiwara are registered.
  • Isaac Titsingh becomes opperhoofd in Dejima.

Births and Deaths

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