Deaths in the 1850s

Abdi Efendi

1787–1851 (age 64)

Maçka Cemetery

Abdi Efendi was a notable Ottoman writer and intellectual.

Tabısafa Kadın

d. 1855

III. Tomb of Mustafa

Royal Consort Sugui Bak

d. 1854

Deogyang-gu

Tokugawa Ieyoshi

1793–1853 (age 60)

Zōjō-ji Temple

Katsushika Taito II

1810–1853 (age 43)

Toyooka

Katsushika Taito II was an Edo period printer who upheld his family's distinguished printmaking tradition.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII

1823–1854 (age 31)

Sensō-ji Temple

Mizuno Tadakuni

1794–1851 (age 57)

Yūki-shi

Mizuno Tadakuni was a samurai statesman of the late Edo period based in Yūki-shi.

Chikutō Nakabayashi

1776–1853 (age 77)

Shinshōgokuraku-ji Temple

Tokugawa Iesada

1824–1858 (age 34)

Kan'ei-ji Temple

Tokugawa Iesada was the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate during a transformative period in Japanese history.

篠崎りを

1794–1858 (age 64)

Kan'ei-ji Temple

Oki Ichiga

1797–1855 (age 58)

Aoyama Cemetery

Oki Ichiga was an Edo period painter whose work reflected the refined aesthetics of 19th-century Japan.

Yamamoto Bōyō

1778–1859 (age 81)

Hōtō-ji Temple

Sakurai Baishitsu

1769–1852 (age 83)

Honzen-ji Temple

Sakurai Baishitsu was a Buddhist priest who served at Honzen-ji Temple during the late Edo period.

Tokugawa Harutomi

1771–1853 (age 82)

Chōhō-ji Temple

Umetsuji Shunshō

1776–1857 (age 81)

Kōdai-ji Temple

Umetsuji Shunshō was a Shinto priest who served at Kōdai-ji Temple throughout the late Edo period.

Yamamoto Baiitsu

1783–1856 (age 73)

Heiwa Park

Abe Katatō

1850–1850 (age 0)

Minowa

Abe Katatō was a herbalist practicing traditional healing arts in Minowa during the mid-19th century.

Rai Saishin

1791–1850 (age 59)

Tamon-in Temple

Rai Itsuan

1801–1856 (age 55)

Tamon-in Temple

Rai Itsuan was a renowned calligrapher of the late Edo period associated with Tamon-in Temple.

Hayashi Akira

1801–1859 (age 58)

Ichigaya-Yamabushichō

Tsutsui Masanori

1778–1859 (age 81)

Joen-ji Temple

Tsutsui Masanori was a Buddhist priest who served at Joen-ji Temple during the late Edo period.

Fujita Tōko

1806–1855 (age 49)

Tokiwa Public Cemetery

Saigō Kichibei

1806–1852 (age 46)

Tokiwa

Saigō Kichibei was a figure of the late Edo period whose life spanned a transformative era in Japanese history.

Satō Nobuhiro

1769–1850 (age 81)

Iyataka Shrine

Hirata Gyokuun

1787–1855 (age 68)

Jikō-ji Temple

Hirata Gyokuun was an Edo period painter whose refined works contributed to Japanese artistic traditions.

Egawa Hidetatsu

1801–1855 (age 54)

Honryū-ji Temple

Chiba Shusaku Narimasa

1793–1855 (age 62)

Honmyō-ji Temple

Chiba Shusaku Narimasa was a bushi who lived during the late Edo period.

Ishii Shūzō

1829–1857 (age 28)

Honryū-ji Temple

Ichikawa Beian

1779–1858 (age 79)

Hongyō-ji Temple

Ichikawa Beian was an accomplished calligrapher of the Edo period.

Shibukawa Kagesuke

1787–1856 (age 69)

Tōkai-ji Temple

Ōoka Tadayoshi

1807–1857 (age 50)

Jōken-ji Temple

Ōoka Tadayoshi was a figure of the late Edo period.

Shimazu Nariakira

1809–1858 (age 49)

Fukushō-ji

Ajima Nobutatsu

1811–1859 (age 48)

Sakado Public Cemetery

Ajima Nobutatsu was a nineteenth-century figure who lived through Japan's transformative era.

Toda Chūdayū

1804–1855 (age 51)

Sakado Public Cemetery

Rai Mikisaburō

1825–1859 (age 34)

Chōraku-ji Temple

Rai Mikisaburō was a mid-nineteenth-century calligrapher.

Yoshida Jakusōan

1805–1859 (age 54)

Nanatsu-dera Temple

Ikeda Nakanori

1805–1850 (age 45)

Tottori Domain Ikeda clan cemetery

Ikeda Nakanori was a member of the prominent Tottori Domain Ikeda clan.

Takami Senseki

1785–1858 (age 73)

Shōrin-ji Temple

Ōhashi Tanga

1788–1853 (age 65)

Tennō-ji Temple

Ōhashi Tanga was a late Edo period figure.

Tani Bunji

1812–1850 (age 38)

Genkū-ji Temple

Kunisada Chūji

1810–1851 (age 41)

Zennō-ji Temple

Kunisada Chūji was a nineteenth-century figure who lived through Japan's transformative period.

Ninomiya Sontoku

1787–1856 (age 69)

Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine

Utagawa Hiroshige

1797–1858 (age 61)

Tōgaku-ji Temple

Utagawa Hiroshige was a renowned Edo period painter and printmaker celebrated for his influential landscape works.

Ashinoya Omiichi

1803–1855 (age 52)

Tentoku-ji Temple

Shimada Toranosuke

1810–1852 (age 42)

Shōjō-ji Temple

A celebrated Japanese swordmaster of the late Edo period who exemplified the samurai tradition of martial excellence.

池尻暉房

1762–1852 (age 90)

Hōon-ji Temple

John Taylor Jones

1802–1851 (age 49)

Bangkok Protestant Cemetery

Anh Tuá̂n Mai

1815–1851 (age 36)

Đống Đa

Paku Alam II

1785–1858 (age 73)

Kotagede

Mads Johansen Lange

1807–1856 (age 49)

Kuta

Mads Johansen Lange was a Danish banker and merchant who lived from 1807 to 1856.