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==Other Events of 1643==
==Other Events of 1643==
*Dutch explorer [[Maarten de Vries]] visits [[Sakhalin]]. The local [[Ainu]] offer him and his people chopsticks, and upon finding they cannot use them, call the Dutchmen "Spanola," an indication that the Ainu were surprisingly familiar with foreign peoples.
*Dutch ship ''[[Breskens]]'' is captured by the shogunate.
*Shogunate bans the planting of cash crops (rapeseed, tobacco, and mulberries for the cultivation of silkworms) on certain lands. <!--田畑勝手作禁止令-->
*Shogunate bans the planting of cash crops (rapeseed, tobacco, and mulberries for the cultivation of silkworms) on certain lands. <!--田畑勝手作禁止令-->
*[[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] succeeded by [[Emperor Go-Komyo|Emperor Go-Kômyô]].
*[[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] succeeded by [[Emperor Go-Komyo|Emperor Go-Kômyô]].
*[[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Edo]], and to [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], where a large bronze bell is presented from [[King Injo]], which still hangs today before the Yômeimon at the shrine.
*[[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Edo]], and to [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]], where a large bronze bell is presented from [[King Injo]], which still hangs today before the Yômeimon at the shrine.
*The shogunate orders sixteen daimyo to begin organizing firefighting brigades.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1643/12/26 [[Maeda Tsunanori]], daimyô of [[Kaga han]], is born (d. 1724).
*1643/12/26 [[Maeda Tsunanori]], daimyô of [[Kaga han]], is born (d. 1724).
*[[Onkeibo Chochen]], founder of [[Jikiden Ryu|Jikiden-ryû]] of ''[[kenjutsu]]'', dies (b. 1563).
*[[Onkeibo Chochen]], founder of [[Jikiden Ryu|Jikiden-ryû]] of ''[[kenjutsu]]'', dies (b. 1563).
*[[Shimazu Hisamoto (d. 1643)|Shimazu Hisamoto]] dies.
*[[Togo Shigekura]], founder of [[Jigen Ryu|Jigen-ryû]] of ''kenjutsu'', dies (b. 1563).
*[[Togo Shigekura]], founder of [[Jigen Ryu|Jigen-ryû]] of ''kenjutsu'', dies (b. 1563).
