1791

Kansei 3 (寛政三年)

Timeline of 1791

• Kansei 2/12 Ryukyuan embassy journeys to Edo.
• 1791/1 Mixed gender bathing is forbidden in the public baths of Edo.
• 1791/3 Writer and artist Santô Kyôden is punished by having his hands manacled for 50 days, for having created a number of sharebon and kibyôshi which violated the Kansei Reforms censorship provisions.
• 1791 May 6-17 John Kendrick lands on Kii Ôshima and becomes the first American on Japanese soil.
• 1791/9 Provisions are put into place to control the traffic of foreign ships in and around Nagasaki.
• 1791/12 The shichibu tsumikin provision is established, by which the [[[Tokugawa shogunate]] helped contribute to village expenses.

Other Events

Births and Deaths

• Ichikawa Ebizô V, kabuki actor, is born (d. 1859).

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