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==Timeline of 1703==
==Timeline of 1703==
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* Genroku 15/12/14 (30 January 1703) - [[47 Ronin|Forty-seven]] former retainers of the late [[Asano Naganori]] attack the mansion of [[Kira Yoshinaka]].
* 1703/1/5 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] visits the mansion of [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]; Yoshiyasu's retainers perform or demonstrate a dialogue in spoken [[Chinese language|Chinese]] before the shogun.
* 1703/1/5 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] visits the mansion of [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]; Yoshiyasu's retainers perform or demonstrate a dialogue in spoken [[Chinese language|Chinese]] before the shogun.
* 1703/2/13 Tsunayoshi visits Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu at his mansion. [[Kuraoka Bunjiro|Kuraoka Bunjirô]] presents a lecture, in Chinese, on the ''[[Great Learning]]'' (''Daxue''). [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]] provides interpretation into Japanese.
* 1703/2/13 Tsunayoshi visits Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu at his mansion. [[Kuraoka Bunjiro|Kuraoka Bunjirô]] presents a lecture, in Chinese, on the ''[[Great Learning]]'' (''Daxue''). [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]] provides interpretation into Japanese.