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*1856/8 [[Henry Heusken]] arrives in Japan. | *1856/8 [[Henry Heusken]] arrives in Japan. | ||
*1856/11 [[Atsu-hime]] formally enters [[Edo castle]] as the shogun's wife. | *1856/11 [[Atsu-hime]] formally enters [[Edo castle]] as the shogun's wife. | ||
| + | *1856/12/18 [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iesada]] and Atsu-hime are formally married. | ||
==Other Events of 1856== | ==Other Events of 1856== | ||
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Ansei 3 (安政三年)
Timeline of 1856
- 1856/1/4 Treaty of Peace and Amity is signed between the Netherlands and Japan.
- 1856/8 Henry Heusken arrives in Japan.
- 1856/11 Atsu-hime formally enters Edo castle as the shogun's wife.
- 1856/12/18 Shogun Tokugawa Iesada and Atsu-hime are formally married.
Other Events of 1856
- The shogunate establishes the kôbusho.
- Commodore Matthew Perry presents his Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan to Congress.
- The Second Opium War breaks out (ends 1860).
- The Yôgakusho (Bureau of Western Studies) is renamed the Bansho Shirabesho (Institute for the Study of Western Books).
Births and Deaths
- Yôga painter Asai Chû is born (d. 1907).
- Ninomiya Sontoku dies (b. 1787).
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