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| IV. The Early Modern Period, 1500–1800 > E. East Asia, c. 1500–c. 1800 > 4. Japan, 1542–1793 > 1783 | ||||
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| 1783 | |
| A great eruption of Mount Asama and a famine in the north came as a double climax to a series of disasters. | 1 |
| 1787 | |
| Rice riots exploded in Edo. | 2 |
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| Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759–1829) as head of the government for the child shogun, Ienari, carried through the Kansei Reforms. Strict sumptuary laws were enacted; restrictions were imposed on commercial activity; financial retrenchment at the center was pursued; and efforts were made to bolster the sagging prestige of the samurai class. At this time, imperial opposition to Edo became apparent in Kyoto and the bakufu became aware of the rapidly expanding European powers. (See Japan, 1793–1914) | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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