Tenna 3 (天和三年)

Timeline of 1683

Other Events

  • Buke Shohatto is reissued with some changes; the 1683 form is repromulgated several times over the course of the remainder of the Edo period with few changes.
  • Chinese investiture mission arrives in Ryûkyû; Shô Tei is formally invested as King of Ryûkyû.
  • Qing Dynasty puts an end to the rebellion of Ming loyalists based on Taiwan.
  • Shogunate prescribes the maximum size for wakizashi and katana, marking the end of the Kanbun-Shintô period of swordmaking.
  • Tenshû and yagura of Matsuyama castle (Bitchu) which remain today are built.
  • The shogunate arrests more than 300 illegal prostitutes in Edo, sending them to the Yoshiwara, denying them pay for five years.

Births and Deaths


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