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| ==Timeline of 1703== | | ==Timeline of 1703== |
− | * 1703/2/4 [[Bakufu]] orders [[Seppuku]] to [[the 47 Ronin]]. | + | * Genroku 15/12/14 (30 January 1703) - [[47 Ronin|Forty-seven]] former retainers of the late [[Asano Naganori]] attack the mansion of [[Kira Yoshinaka]]. |
− | * 1703/5/7 The premiere of [[Sonezaki Shinju]]. | + | * 1703/1/5 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] visits the mansion of [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]; Yoshiyasu's retainers perform or demonstrate a dialogue in spoken [[Chinese language|Chinese]] before the shogun. |
− | * 1703/7 Bakufu bans Tsuji-Sumo and Tsuji-Odori. | + | * 1703/2/13 Tsunayoshi visits Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu at his mansion. [[Kuraoka Bunjiro|Kuraoka Bunjirô]] presents a lecture, in Chinese, on the ''[[Great Learning]]'' (''Daxue''). [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]] provides interpretation into Japanese. |
− | * 1703/11/23 Big earthquake and flood strike [[Musashi province|Musashi]], [[Sagami province|Sagami]], [[Awa province|Awa]], [[Kazusa province|Kazusa]]. | + | * 1703/4 The real-life events upon which ''Sonezaki shinjû'' are based, occur. |
| + | * 1703/5/7 ''[[Sonezaki Shinju|Sonezaki shinjû]]'', an overnight (''[[ichiyazuke]]'') play by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]], debuts. |
| + | * 1703/7 [[Bakufu]] bans ''Tsuji-Sumo'' and ''Tsuji-Odori''. |
| + | * 1703/10 [[Muro Kyuso|Muro Kyusô]] publishes ''Akô Gijin Roku''. |
| + | * 1703/11/23 Big earthquakes and floods strike [[Musashi province|Musashi]], [[Sagami province|Sagami]], [[Awa province|Awa]], and [[Kazusa province]]s, and ignite the "[[Great Genroku Fire]]" in [[Edo]]. |
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| ==Other Events of 1703== | | ==Other Events of 1703== |
| * [[Senbakoki]] is invented. | | * [[Senbakoki]] is invented. |
| + | * The shogunate reissues a ban on the representation of contemporary events in [[kabuki]] and ''[[bunraku|ningyô jôruri]]''. |
| + | * A shogunal ban on ''[[yomiuri]]'' news-singers and news-papers is re-issued. |
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| ===Births and Deaths of 1703=== | | ===Births and Deaths of 1703=== |
| + | *Genroku 15/12/15 (31 January 1703) [[Kira Yoshinaka]] is killed (b. [[1641]]). |
| *1703/2/4 Forty-six of the [[47 Ronin]] commit ''[[seppuku]]''. | | *1703/2/4 Forty-six of the [[47 Ronin]] commit ''[[seppuku]]''. |
| + | *[[Yanagisawa Kien]] is born (d. [[1758]]). |
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| + | |width="35%"|Previous Year<br>'''[[1702]]''' |
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| [[Category:Timeline]] | | [[Category:Timeline]] |
| [[Category:Edo Period Timeline]] | | [[Category:Edo Period Timeline]] |