Difference between revisions of "1695"
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===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
*[[Matsudaira Yorishige]] dies (b. [[1622]]). | *[[Matsudaira Yorishige]] dies (b. [[1622]]). | ||
| − | *Herbalist [[Uemura Masakatsu ( | + | *Herbalist [[Uemura Masakatsu (1695-1777)|Uemura Masakatsu]] is born (d. [[1777]]). |
Revision as of 16:19, 15 November 2012
Genroku 8 (元禄八年)
Timeline of 1695
Other Events of 1695
- A shogunate census counts the commoner population as 353,588 people.
- Nishikawa Jôken's Ka'i tsûshô kô is first published, in two volumes. (Revised & reissued 1709.)
- Shogunal policies debase the currency, moving from 80% pure silver Keichô coins, to 64% pure silver Genroku coins.
- Construction begins on the Taku Seibyô, a Confucian temple in Taku, Saga han, which is the oldest surviving Confucian temple in Japan today. Construction is completed in 1708.
Births and Deaths
- Matsudaira Yorishige dies (b. 1622).
- Herbalist Uemura Masakatsu is born (d. 1777).
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