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==Other Events of 1809==
==Other Events of 1809==
*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
*[[Fukuoka han]] constructs five new gun batteries for the defense of [[Nagasaki]] harbor.
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
*The shogunate establishes a network of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor. The system is never used.
*The shogunate establishes a network of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor. The system is never used.
