*[[John Manjiro|John Manjirô]] arrives in Ryukyu aboard an American ship, on his way back to Japan from the United States.
*[[John Manjiro|John Manjirô]] arrives in Ryukyu aboard an American ship, on his way back to Japan from the United States.
*Two ''[[kabuki]]'' adaptations of ''[[Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji]]'' are debuted.
*Two ''[[kabuki]]'' adaptations of ''[[Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji]]'' are debuted.
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*Publishers' Associations (''toiya nakama'') are restored, and censorship duties pass to representatives appointed by the publishers, from minor officials appointed by the shogunate.
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*Publishers' Associations (''toiya nakama'') are restored, and censorship duties pass to representatives appointed by the publishers, from minor officials appointed by the shogunate.
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*[[Shimazu Nariakira]] becomes ''daimyô'' of [[Satsuma han]].
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===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*Shogunal official [[Mizuno Tadakuni]] dies (b. [[1794]]).
*Shogunal official [[Mizuno Tadakuni]] dies (b. [[1794]]).