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==Timeline of 1859==
==Timeline of 1859==
*Ansei 5/12/1 (4 Jan) [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] succeeds [[Tokugawa Iesada]] as [[shogun]].
**[[Noh]] is performed in celebration of a shogun's accession for the last time.
*1859 April [[James Hepburn]] sets sail from New York.
*1859 April [[James Hepburn]] sets sail from New York.
*1859/4/24 (May 26) [[Rutherford Alcock]] and his translator [[Kumano no Denkichi]] arrive in Edo harbor.
*1859/4/24 (May 26) [[Rutherford Alcock]] and his translator [[Kumano no Denkichi]] arrive in Edo harbor.