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| ==Timeline of 1655== | | ==Timeline of 1655== |
− | * 1655/1/20 [[Bakufu]] bans playing Kites within [[Edo]]. | + | * 1655/1/20 [[Bakufu]] bans flying kites within [[Edo]]. |
| * 1655/3 Construction of Nobidome waterway completed. | | * 1655/3 Construction of Nobidome waterway completed. |
| + | * 1655/4/13 The [[Meireki era]] begins. |
| * 1655/6/26 [[Tamura Gonzaemon]] starts [[Kutani pottery]]. | | * 1655/6/26 [[Tamura Gonzaemon]] starts [[Kutani pottery]]. |
| + | * 1655/10/13 The shogunate issues the ''[[Edo machiju sadamegaki|Edo machijû sadamegaki]]'', a set of codes regarding merchants' and artisans' behaviors. |
| * 1655/11/28 [[Emperor Go-Sai]] ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne. | | * 1655/11/28 [[Emperor Go-Sai]] ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne. |
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| ==Other Events of 1655== | | ==Other Events of 1655== |
− | *[[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Edo]]. | + | *A [[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Edo]], and is the last to visit [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]]. |
| + | *The ''[[itowappu]]'' system is abolished; free trade in silk resumes. |
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| ===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). |
− | | + | *[[Kyogoku Takatoyo|Kyôgoku Takatoyo]], lord of [[Marugame han]], is born (d. [[1694]]). |
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