*Enkyô 2/int.12/15 (5 Feb) Jurisdiction over the merchant and artisan districts of [[Edo]] is shifted from the responsibility of the ''[[jisha bugyo|jisha bugyô]]'' (temples & shrines magistrate) to that of the ''[[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' (town magistrates).
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*1746/2/30 A big fire in Asakusa.(Edo)
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*1746/3/29 [[Bakufu]] orders to bust vicious usuries.
*1746/8 ''[[Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami]]'' debuts at the [[Takemoto-za]] [[bunraku|jôruri]] theatre in [[Osaka]].
*1746/8 ''[[Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami]]'' debuts at the [[Takemoto-za]] [[bunraku|jôruri]] theatre in [[Osaka]].
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*1746/7/2 [[Kaga disturbans]]
*1746/9 [[Kabuki]] version of ''Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami'' debuts in [[Kyoto]].
*1746/9 [[Kabuki]] version of ''Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami'' debuts in [[Kyoto]].
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*1746/12 Bakufu builds new astronomical observatory in Kanda-sakuma.(Edo)
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==Other Events of 1746==
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*The first Japanese edition of the "[[Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual]]" first appears.