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| ==Timeline of 1657== | | ==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. | | *1657/1/18-1/20 [[Great Meireki Fire]] ravages [[Edo]], destroying over 60% of the city and killing over 100,000 people. |
| + | *1657/2/23 Bakufu send [[Mestuke|Kuni Metsuke]] to Kantô region. |
| + | *1657/2/29 [[Kaiko-in|Kaikô-in]] is established to bury the victims of Meireki fire. |
| + | *1657/5 The [[Yoshiwara|Shin-Yoshiwara]] which began to be built further upriver the previous year, is completed and opened, replacing the Yoshiwara pleasure district destroyed in the fire. |
| + | *1657/7/18 ''[[Hatamoto]]'' [[Mizuno Jurozaemon|Mizuno Jûrozaemon]] kills [[Banzuiin Chobei|Banzuiin Chôbei]]. |
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| ==Other Events== | | ==Other Events== |
| + | *Aytthaya dispatches an envoy for the final time to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The request is refused. |
| *[[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] begins writing ''[[Dai Nihon Shi]]'' (The Great History of Japan). | | *[[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]] begins writing ''[[Dai Nihon Shi]]'' (The Great History of Japan). |
| *Reconstruction completed on [[Nishio castle]] in [[Mikawa province]]. | | *Reconstruction completed on [[Nishio castle]] in [[Mikawa province]]. |
| + | *The Chinese put into place ''[[qianjie]]''<!--遷界--> policies, removing residents from the coasts further inland, and suspending nearly all coastal activity. |
| *Shogunal regulations on sake brewing put into place.<!--酒造統制--> | | *Shogunal regulations on sake brewing put into place.<!--酒造統制--> |
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| *1657/4/16 [[Niwa Ujisada]], daimyô of [[Iwamura han]], dies (b. 1615). | | *1657/4/16 [[Niwa Ujisada]], daimyô of [[Iwamura han]], dies (b. 1615). |
| *1657/6/2 [[Matsunaga Shakugo]], [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, dies (b. 1592). | | *1657/6/2 [[Matsunaga Shakugo]], [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar, dies (b. 1592). |
− | *1657/7/18 [[Banzuiin Chobei|Banzuiin Chôbei]], ''[[machi-yakko]]'', dies (b. 1622).
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| *1657/7/27 [[Akimoto Tomitomo]], daimyô of [[Yamura han]], dies (b. 1610). | | *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). | | *1657/8/15 [[Sakai Tadayasu]], daimyô of [[Matsuyama han]], is born (d. 1736). |