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==Other Events of 1695==

==Other Events of 1695==

*A shogunate census counts the [[chonin|commoner]] population as 353,588 people.

*[[Edo]] suffers a great fire. Some 350 men and 40 women die in the fire at the [[Kii Edo mansion]] alone.

*[[Nishikawa Joken|Nishikawa Jôken's]] ''[[Ka'i tsusho ko|Ka'i tsûshô kô]]'' is first published, in two volumes. (Revised & reissued [[1709]].)

*[[Nishikawa Joken|Nishikawa Jôken's]] ''[[Ka'i tsusho ko|Ka'i tsûshô kô]]''<!--華夷通商考--> is first published, in two volumes. (Revised & reissued [[1709]].)

*Shogunal policies debase the currency, moving from 80% pure silver [[Keicho|Keichô]] coins, to 64% pure silver [[Genroku]] coins.

*Shogunal policies debase the currency, moving from 80% pure silver [[Keicho|Keichô]] coins, to 64% pure silver [[Genroku]] coins.

*Construction begins on the [[Taku Seibyo|Taku Seibyô]], a [[Confucian temple]] in Taku, [[Saga han]], which is the oldest surviving Confucian temple in Japan today. Construction is completed in [[1708]].

*Construction begins on the [[Taku Seibyo|Taku Seibyô]], a [[Confucian temple]] in Taku, [[Saga han]], which is the oldest surviving Confucian temple in Japan today. Construction is completed in [[1708]].