1701

Genroku 14 (元禄十四年)

Timeline of 1701

• 1701/3/14 Asano Naganori attacks Kira Yoshinaka in the Matsu-no-rôka of the Honmaru Palace of Edo castle. Asano is then ordered to commit seppuku.

Other Events of 1701

• The kabuki play Zôhiki is first performed.
• The earliest work by Okumura Masanobu extant today, an album known today as "The Courtesan Album," is published.
• Sai Taku completes his compilation of the Chûzan seifu.

Births and Deaths

• 1701/3/14 Asano Naganori commits seppuku (b. 1667).
• Keichû dies (b. 1640).
• Tokugawa Mitsukuni dies (b. 1628).

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