Difference between revisions of "1631"

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Kan'ei 8 (寛永八年)

1631/10/5 The shogunate appoints two machi bugyô for Edo (one "north magistrate" and one "south").
1631/11/5 The shogunate issues restrictions on samurai's clothing and housing.

Hôsho system is introduced, requiring red seal ships to now carry an additional authorization form.
Monopoly privileges on silk under the itowappu system are extended to Chinese traders.
Satsuma han appoints Kawakami Matazaemon the first zaiban bugyô assigned to oversee matters in Ryûkyû as an agent of the domain.
Shinmachi pleasure district in Osaka is established.
The shogunate bans samurai's servants from being promoted to full samurai status.
Tokugawa Tadanaga is stripped of his position as daimyô of Kôfu.

Ashina Morishige, daimyô of Aizu han, dies (b. 1575).
Honda Tadazumi, Tokugawa retainer, dies (b. 1586).
Hoshino Masamitsu, Tokugawa retainer, dies (b. 1561).
Jufuku-in, concubine of Maeda Toshiie and mother of Maeda Toshitsune, dies (b. 1570).
Katô Yoshiaki, one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, dies (b. 1563).

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 ==Other Events of 1631==
-*''[[Hosho system|Hôsho system]]'' is introduced, requiring [[red seal ships]] to now carry an additional authorization form.
+*''Hôsho'' system is introduced, requiring [[red seal ships]] to now carry an additional authorization form.
 *Monopoly privileges on silk under the ''[[itowappu]]'' system are extended to Chinese traders.
 *[[Satsuma han]] appoints [[Kawakami Matazaemon]] the first ''[[zaiban bugyo|zaiban bugyô]]'' assigned to oversee matters in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] as an agent of the domain.