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==Timeline of 1703==
==Timeline of 1703==
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* 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.
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* 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.
* 1703/4 The real-life events upon which ''Sonezaki shinjû'' are based, occur.
* 1703/4 The real-life events upon which ''Sonezaki shinjû'' are based, occur.
* 1703/5/7 ''[[Sonezaki Shinju|Sonezaki shinjû]]'', an overnight (''[[ichiyazuke]]'') play by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]], debuts.
* 1703/5/7 ''[[Sonezaki Shinju|Sonezaki shinjû]]'', an overnight (''[[ichiyazuke]]'') play by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]], debuts.