Such rejection of medical expertise by a world leader to advance an unproven drug is not only unprecedented, but dangerous.
Much more memorable, however, was a library formed by Iyeyasus grandson the feudal chief of Mito 1662I 700 , who not only collected a vast quantity of books hitherto scattered among Shinto and Buddhist monasteries and private houses, but also employed a number of scholars to compile a history unprecedented in magnitude, the Dai-Nihon-shi.
As the weeks have moved on and we have, to one degree or another, become accustomed to our current normal, I have noticed a new companion on my journey; apathy.
Jane took an unprecedented step in history when she became the first female firefighter in our town.