*[[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]] becomes the first Japanese to produce copperplate engraving prints.
*[[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]] becomes the first Japanese to produce copperplate engraving prints.
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*[[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]] buys out fellow publisher [[Moriya Kohei]], and moves his shop from just outside the [[Yoshiwara]] to Toriabura-chô, the heart of [[Edo]]'s publishing district.