1815

Bunka 12 (文化十二年)

Other Events of 1815

• Kawarazaki-za reopens. Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, Iwai Hanshirô V, Matsumoto Kôshirô V and Seki Sanjûrô II move there, making it their primary venue for a time.
• The Napoleonic Wars end in Europe.
• Onoe Kikugorô III takes on that name in a shûmei ceremony.
• Sakai Hôitsu holds a memorial service for Ôgata Kôrin on the centennial of the latter's death.

Births and Deaths

• March 13, 1815 James Hepburn is born (d. 1911).
• Ii Naosuke is born (d. 1860).
• Kanze Kiyofusa dies.
• Ukiyo-e artist Torii Kiyonaga dies (b. 1752).
• Confucian scholar Umeda Unpin is born (d. 1859).

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