* 1655/10/13 The shogunate issues the ''[[Edo machiju sadamegaki|Edo machijû sadamegaki]]'', a set of codes regarding merchants' and artisans' behaviors.
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* 1655/11/28 [[Emperor Go-Sai]] ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
==Other Events of 1655==
==Other Events of 1655==
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*[[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Edo]].
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*A [[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Edo]], and is the last to visit [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].
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*The ''[[itowappu]]'' system is abolished; free trade in silk resumes.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Indo Yorimori|Indô Yorimori]], defector to Eastern Army at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]], dies (b. 1568).
*[[Indo Yorimori|Indô Yorimori]], defector to Eastern Army at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]], dies (b. 1568).
*[[Hotta Masayasu]], daimyô of [[Omimiyagawa han|Ômimiyagawa]] and [[Yoshii han]], is born (d. 1731).
*[[Hotta Masayasu]], daimyô of [[Omimiyagawa han|Ômimiyagawa]] and [[Yoshii han]], is born (d. 1731).
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*[[Kyogoku Takatoyo|Kyôgoku Takatoyo]], lord of [[Marugame han]], is born (d. [[1694]]).