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*1657/2/23 Bakufu send [[Mestuke|Kuni Metsuke]] to Kantô region.
*1657/2/23 Bakufu send [[Mestuke|Kuni Metsuke]] to Kantô region.
*1657/2/29 [[Kaiko-in|Kaikô-in]] is established to bury the victims of Meireki fire.
*1657/2/29 [[Kaiko-in|Kaikô-in]] is established to bury the victims of Meireki fire.
*1657/5 The [[Yoshiwara|Shin-Yoshiwara]] which began to be built further upriver the previous year, is completed and opened, replacing the Yoshiwara pleasure district destroyed in the fire.
*1657/7/18 ''[[Hatamoto]]'' [[Mizuno Jurozaemon|Mizuno Jûrozaemon]] kills [[Banzuiin Chobei|Banzuiin Chôbei]].
*1657/7/18 ''[[Hatamoto]]'' [[Mizuno Jurozaemon|Mizuno Jûrozaemon]] kills [[Banzuiin Chobei|Banzuiin Chôbei]].
==Other Events==
==Other Events==
*Aytthaya dispatches an envoy for the final time to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The request is refused.
*[[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] begins writing ''[[Dai Nihon Shi]]'' (The Great History of Japan).
*[[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] begins writing ''[[Dai Nihon Shi]]'' (The Great History of Japan).
*Reconstruction completed on [[Nishio castle]] in [[Mikawa province]].
*Reconstruction completed on [[Nishio castle]] in [[Mikawa province]].
*The Chinese put into place ''[[qianjie]]''<!--遷界--> policies, removing residents from the coasts further inland, and suspending nearly all coastal activity.
*Shogunal regulations on sake brewing put into place.<!--酒造統制-->
*Shogunal regulations on sake brewing put into place.<!--酒造統制-->