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Meireki 3 (明暦三年)
==Timeline of 1657==
*1657/1/18-1/20 [[Great Meireki Fire]] ravages [[Edo]], destroying over 60% of the city and killing over 100,000 people.
==Other Events==
*[[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] begins writing ''[[Dai Nihon Shi]]'' (The Great History of Japan).
*Reconstruction completed on [[Nishio castle]] in [[Mikawa province]].
*Shogunal regulations on sake brewing put into place.<!--酒造統制-->
===Births and Deaths===
*Meireki 2/12/1 [[Itakura Shigemune]], [[Kyoto]] ''[[Shoshidai]]'', dies (b. 1586).
*1657/1/23 [[Hayashi Razan]], shogunal advisor, dies (b. 1583).
*1657/2/10 [[Arai Hakuseki]], shogunal advisor, is born (d. 1725).
*1657/2/22 [[Sanada Yukimichi]], daimyô of [[Matsushiro han]], is born (d. 1727).
*1657/3/6 [[Yamazaki Haruyori]], daimyô of [[Marugame han]], dies (b. 1650).
*1657/3/20 [[Matsudaira Yorimichi]], daimyô of [[Hitachishishido han]], is born (d. 1721).
*1657/3/24 [[Nabeshima Katsushige]], daimyô of [[Saga han]], dies (b. 1580).
*1657/3/30 [[Toda Ujisada]], daimyô of [[Ogaki han|Ôgaki han]], is born (d. 1733).
*1657/4/16 [[Niwa Ujisada]], daimyô of [[Iwamura han]], dies (b. 1615).
*1657/6/2 [[Matsunaga Shakugo]], [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, dies (b. 1592).
*1657/7/18 [[Banzuiin Chobei|Banzuiin Chôbei]], ''[[machi-yakko]]'', dies (b. 1622).
*1657/7/27 [[Akimoto Tomitomo]], daimyô of [[Yamura han]], dies (b. 1610).
*1657/8/15 [[Sakai Tadayasu]], daimyô of [[Matsuyama han]], is born (d. 1736).
*1657/9/6 [[Seki Nagaharu]], daimyô of [[Miimi han]] and [[Miyagawa han]], is born (d. 1738).
*1657/9/28 [[Suwa Tadatsune]], daimyô of [[Suwa han]], dies (b. 1595).
*1657/10/27 [[Ito Sukehisa|Itô Sukehisa]], daimyô of [[Obi han]], dies (b. 1609).
*[[Imai Jikan]], ''[[kokugaku]]'' scholar, is born (d. 1723).
*[[Otawara Norikiyo|Ôtawara Norikiyo]], daimyô of [[Otawara han|Ôtawara han]], is born (d. 1694).
*[[Kato Yasutsune|Katô Yasutsune]], daimyô of [[Ozu han|Ôzu han]], is born (d. 1715).
*[[Kuki Takanori]], daimyô of [[Sanda han]], is born (d. 1686).
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