Shôtoku 5 (正徳五年)

Timeline of 1715

Other Events of 1715

  • Giuseppe Castiglione begins painting in China.
  • Higa Jôshô devises the tsuikin (堆錦) method of creating lacquerware.
  • A market is opened in Shuri.
  • Tamagusuku Chôkun is named udui bujô.
  • Restrictions are placed on the export of copper.
  • Policies regarding Chinese trade at Nagasaki are changed. Restrictions are placed on the number of Chinese ships allowed to trade at Nagasaki - reduced from 80 to 30; Chinese are made subject to Japanese law; a system of licenses similar to the tally trade system is implemented; and Chinese merchants are from now on to communicate with certain low-ranking officials, and not directly with shogunate administrators.

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