1724

Kyôhô 9 (享保九年)

Other Events of 1724

• Merchants dealing in oil, rice, and certain other commodities are ordered by the shogunate to form protective associations.
• Sai On begins his revising and expanding of the Chûzan seifu (completed the following year).
• The Yongzheng Emperor declares proscriptions on Christianity, allowing exceptions for those with especially valuable skills, such as Jesuit astronomers.

Births and Deaths

• Hanabusa Itchô dies (b. 1652).
• Maeda Tsunanori, daimyô of Kaga han, dies (b. 1643)
• Nishikawa Joken dies (b. 1648).
• Kabuki actor Sakata Tôjûrô II dies (b. 1669)
• Tsuda Genba, Kaga han retainer, dies (b. 1651)
• Yoshio Kôsaku is born (d. 1800).

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1724

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