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| ==Timeline of 1793== | | ==Timeline of 1793== |
| *1793/7 [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] resigns as head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''. | | *1793/7 [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] resigns as head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''. |
| + | *1793/8/10 First formal British embassy to China: [[George Lord Macartney]] is granted an audience with the [[Qianlong Emperor]]. |
| + | *1793/9/18 [[Daikokuya Kodayu|Daikokuya Kôdayû]] and the sailor Isokichi, castaways returning from Russia, are interrogated in an audience with Shogun [[Tokugawa Ienari]]. |
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| ==Other Events of 1793== | | ==Other Events of 1793== |
| *[[Hokusai]] leaves the [[Katsukawa school]], or is expelled according to some accounts. | | *[[Hokusai]] leaves the [[Katsukawa school]], or is expelled according to some accounts. |
− | *[[Macartney Mission]] to Beijing.
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| *Matsudaira Taira, son of [[Matsudaira Norimori]], lord of [[Iwamura han]], becomes the head of the [[Hayashi clan]] and takes on the name [[Hayashi Jussai]]. | | *Matsudaira Taira, son of [[Matsudaira Norimori]], lord of [[Iwamura han]], becomes the head of the [[Hayashi clan]] and takes on the name [[Hayashi Jussai]]. |
| *The shogunate seeks to import a camel, but the endeavor is deemed too expensive. | | *The shogunate seeks to import a camel, but the endeavor is deemed too expensive. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *Kansei 4/12 ''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]] dies (b. [[1726]]). | | *Kansei 4/12 ''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]] dies (b. [[1726]]). |
| + | *1793/12 [[Baigyo-in|Baigyô-in]], wife of [[Ii Naohide]], dies. |
| *[[Hayashi Shihei]] dies (b. [[1738]]). | | *[[Hayashi Shihei]] dies (b. [[1738]]). |
| *[[Oshio Heihachiro|Ôshio Heihachirô]] is born (d. [[1837]]). | | *[[Oshio Heihachiro|Ôshio Heihachirô]] is born (d. [[1837]]). |