1858 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1858 in Japan.

Events

• 9 April - 1858 Hietsu earthquake^[1]
• Start of the Ansei Purge^[2]
• Ichikawa Kumehachi make her stage debut as the first actress to appear on stage in Japan since actresses were banned in 1629.^[3]

Incumbents

• Monarch

Kōmei

Births

• January 25 - Mikimoto Kōkichi (d. 1954), businessman

Notes and References

1. Inoue K., Mizuyama T. & Sakatani Y. . 2010 . The Catastrophic Tombi Landslide and Accompanying Landslide Dams Induced by the 1858 Hietsu Earthquake . Journal of Disaster Research . 5 . 3 . 245–256 . 10.20965/jdr.2010.p0245 . free.
2. Book: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric . Japan Encyclopedia . 2002 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-01753-5 . 33 . en.
3. Book: Shiro, Okamoto . The Man Who Saved Kabuki: Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan . 2001-04-01 . University of Hawaii Press . 978-0-8248-2382-5 . 12–13 . en.