1661

Manji 4 (万治四年) / Kanbun 1 (寛文元年)

Other Events of 1661

• Asai Ryôi's Ukiyo monogatari is published, marking the first use of the term ukiyo written with the kanji for "floating world" (浮世).
• Ports in southern China are closed and residents moved away from the coast, in response to raids and pirate attacks by Ming loyalists based on Taiwan.
• Ryôgoku Bridge is completed in Edo.
• Shô Shôken travels to Shuri in response to orders to see to the reconstruction of the seiden of Shuri castle.
• The Shunzhi Emperor dies and is succeeded by his son, who takes the Qing throne as the Kangxi Emperor.
• Zen monk Ingen is given land by the Konoe family, and granted permission, to establish a new temple, Manpuku-ji.

Births and Deaths

• Hayashi Morimasa of Shinmusô Hayashizaki-ryû is born (d. 1732).
• The Shunzhi Emperor dies.
• Tokugawa Yorifusa dies (b. 1603)

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