1760 Horeki 10	1		Born September 23 in Honjo Warigesui, Edo. Name during childhood is said to have been Tokitaro, later changed to Tetsuzo.
			Akashiya Big fire, Edo.
1763 Horeki 13	4		Known to have been fostered by the Nakajima Ise family, a maker of mirrors to the shogunate.
			FURYU SHIDOKEN DEN, kokkei-bon written by Furai Sanjin (Hiraga Gennai ).
1765 Meiwa 2	6		Said to have become interested in sketching life forms.
			Suzuki Harunobu and others print multicolored nishiki-e.
1775 An-ei 4	16		Text of GAKUJO-KOSHI (Singing Girls behind the Bars) said to have been carved by Hokusai at age 16.
			KINKIN SENSEI EIGA NO YUME, kibyoshi text by Koikawa Harumachi.
1778 An-ei 7	19		Said to have become an apprentice of Katsukawa Shunsho.
			Death of Ichikawa Danjuro IV at age 68.