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* 1655/1/20 [[Bakufu]] bans flying kites within [[Edo]]. | * 1655/1/20 [[Bakufu]] bans flying kites within [[Edo]]. | ||
* 1655/3 Construction of Nobidome waterway completed. | * 1655/3 Construction of Nobidome waterway completed. | ||
| + | * 1655/4/13 The [[Meireki era]] begins. | ||
* 1655/6/26 [[Tamura Gonzaemon]] starts [[Kutani pottery]]. | * 1655/6/26 [[Tamura Gonzaemon]] starts [[Kutani pottery]]. | ||
| + | * 1655/10/13 The shogunate issues the ''[[Edo machiju sadamegaki|Edo machijû sadamegaki]]'', a set of codes regarding merchants' and artisans' behaviors. | ||
* 1655/11/28 [[Emperor Go-Sai]] ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne. | * 1655/11/28 [[Emperor Go-Sai]] ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne. | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 10 November 2012
Jôô 4 (承応四年) / Meireki 1 (明暦元年)
Timeline of 1655
- 1655/1/20 Bakufu bans flying kites within Edo.
- 1655/3 Construction of Nobidome waterway completed.
- 1655/4/13 The Meireki era begins.
- 1655/6/26 Tamura Gonzaemon starts Kutani pottery.
- 1655/10/13 The shogunate issues the Edo machijû sadamegaki, a set of codes regarding merchants' and artisans' behaviors.
- 1655/11/28 Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Other Events of 1655
- A Korean embassy journeys to Edo, and is the last to visit Nikkô Tôshôgû.
- The itowappu system is abolished; free trade in silk resumes.
Births and Deaths
- 1655/6/25 Suzuki Shôsan, samurai and Zen monk, dies (b. 1579).
- 1655/11/20 Ukita Hideie, one of the Go-Tairô, dies (b. 1572).
- Indô Yorimori, defector to Eastern Army at Sekigahara, dies (b. 1568).
- Hotta Masayasu, daimyô of Ômimiyagawa and Yoshii han, is born (d. 1731).
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