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| ==Timeline of 1791== | | ==Timeline of 1791== |
− | *Kansei 2/12 [[Ryukyuan embassy]] journeys to Edo. | + | *Kansei 2/11-12 [[Ryukyuan embassy]] sojourns in Edo, and then returns to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. |
| *1791/1 Mixed gender bathing is forbidden in the public baths of [[Edo]]. | | *1791/1 Mixed gender bathing is forbidden in the public baths of [[Edo]]. |
| *1791/3 Writer and artist [[Santo Kyoden|Santô Kyôden]] is punished by having his hands manacled for 50 days, for having created a number of ''[[sharebon]]'' and ''[[kibyoshi|kibyôshi]]'' which violated the [[Kansei Reforms]] censorship provisions. His publisher, [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]], has half his wealth confiscated by the authorities. | | *1791/3 Writer and artist [[Santo Kyoden|Santô Kyôden]] is punished by having his hands manacled for 50 days, for having created a number of ''[[sharebon]]'' and ''[[kibyoshi|kibyôshi]]'' which violated the [[Kansei Reforms]] censorship provisions. His publisher, [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]], has half his wealth confiscated by the authorities. |
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| *''Sharebon'' authors are paid for their efforts for the first time. | | *''Sharebon'' authors are paid for their efforts for the first time. |
| *''[[Kiwame]]'' ("censors' seals") are required to appear on all ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints published, along with the designer's (artist's) signature and publisher's seal. | | *''[[Kiwame]]'' ("censors' seals") are required to appear on all ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints published, along with the designer's (artist's) signature and publisher's seal. |
| + | *[[Nguyen Hue]], king of Vietnam, travels to [[Beijing]] to express formal birthday congratulations to the [[Qianlong Emperor]]. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *Catholics are persecuted to death in Korea for the first time. |
| *Painter [[Ekin]] is born (d. [[1841]]). | | *Painter [[Ekin]] is born (d. [[1841]]). |
| *[[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Ebizô V]], kabuki actor, is born (d. 1859). | | *[[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Ebizô V]], kabuki actor, is born (d. 1859). |
| + | *Artist [[Ippitsusai Buncho|Ippitsusai Bunchô]] dies. |
| *[[Nakamura Utaemon I]] dies (b. [[1719]]). | | *[[Nakamura Utaemon I]] dies (b. [[1719]]). |
| *Painter [[Otagaki Rengetsu]] is born (d. [[1875]]). | | *Painter [[Otagaki Rengetsu]] is born (d. [[1875]]). |