1648

Shôhô 5 (正保五年) / Keian 1 (慶安元年)

Other Events of 1648

• Akô castle in Harima province is completed.
• The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War, and marks the emergence of the modern/Western concept of the nation-state. Spain recognizes the independence of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
• The shogunate issues various edicts regulating the lives of commoners in Edo.
• The shogunate bans kabuki actors and dancers from engaging in homosexual activity.
• The shogunate bans screens from kabuki theatres, which had been installed to help high-ranking samurai and others visit discreetly.
• The shogunate bans yuna (bathhouse girls) and male prostitutes.

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1648

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