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===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===
*Hiraga Gennai dies in prison (b. 1729).
 
 
*''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] dies (b. 1714).
 
*''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] dies (b. 1714).
  

Revision as of 02:27, 2 January 2012

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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