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| ==Timeline of 1779== | | ==Timeline of 1779== |
| *1779/1 Shogunate bans the circulation of ''[[nanryoni|nanryôni]]'' (pure silver) coinage, beginning the circulation of gold-silver alloyed coins. | | *1779/1 Shogunate bans the circulation of ''[[nanryoni|nanryôni]]'' (pure silver) coinage, beginning the circulation of gold-silver alloyed coins. |
− | *1779/10 [[Sakurajima]] erupts. | + | *1779/9/1 [[Sakurajima]] erupts. |
| *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. |
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− | ==Other Events== | + | ==Other Events of 1779== |
| + | *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. |
| *The shogunate establishes the [[geisha]] ''[[kenban]]'', and all geisha of the Yoshiwara are registered. | | *The shogunate establishes the [[geisha]] ''[[kenban]]'', and all geisha of the Yoshiwara are registered. |
| + | *[[Shimazu Shigehide]] establishes the Meiji-kan (later known as [[Tenmonkan]]). |
| + | *[[Isaac Titsingh]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]]. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
− | *Hiraga Gennai dies in prison (b. 1729). | + | *[[Emperor Go-Momozono]] dies. |
| + | *[[Jan Cock Blumhoff]] is born (d. [[1853]]). |
| *''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] dies (b. 1714). | | *''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] dies (b. 1714). |
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