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Great Tenmei famine. The Great Tenmei famine (天明の大飢饉, Tenmei no daikikin) affected Japan during the Edo period. [1] The famine was the deadliest one during the early modern period in Japan. [2] It is considered to have begun in 1782 and lasted until 1788. It was named after the Tenmei era (1781–1789) during the reign of Emperor ...
Tenmei (天明) is a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, literally "years name") for the years between the An'ei Era and before the Kansei Era, from April 1781 through January 1789. [1] The reigning emperor was Kōkaku Tennō' ( 光格天皇 ) .
The Tenpō famine increased the number of beggars throughout northern Japan, who were considered more lawless and unorderly than the beggars seen during the Tenmei famine in the 1780s. In 1837, the town elders of Ōno reported a sharp increase in theft, deterioration of public safety, extortion, and arson. [6]
Pages in category "Famines in Japan" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Great Tenmei famine; K. Kan'ei Great Famine; Kanshō famine; Kyōhō famine; T.
The Tenmei eruption (Japanese: 天明大噴火, Tenmei daifunka) was a large eruption of Mount Asama that occurred in 1783 (Tenmei 3). [3] [4] [5] This eruption was one of the causes of the Tenmei famine. [6] [7] It is estimated that about 1,500–1,624 people were killed in the eruption.
Tenmei 3 (1783): Mount Asama (浅間山, Asama-yama) erupted in Shinano, one of the old provinces of Japan (Tenmei eruption). Japanologist Isaac Titsingh's published account of the Asama-yama eruption was the first of its kind in the West (1820). [2] The volcano's devastation makes the Great Tenmei Famine even worse.
Famine in Saxony and southern Germany [citation needed] Germany: 1773: Famine in Sweden [71] Sweden: 1776 Famine following a series of hurricanes that struck the island [72] Martinique: 1779: Famine in Rabat: Morocco [73] 1782 Famine in Karahisar [4] Ottoman Empire: 1780s: Great Tenmei famine: Japan: 20,000 – 920,000: 1783
Pages in category "18th-century disasters in Japan" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Great Tenmei famine; K. Kyōhō famine; U.