1631
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Kan'ei 8 (寛永八年)
Timeline of 1631
Other Events
- 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.
- Shinmachi pleasure district in Osaka is established.
Births and Deaths
- 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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