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| ==Timeline of 1703== | | ==Timeline of 1703== |
| + | * Genroku 15/12/14 (30 January 1703) - [[47 Ronin|Forty-seven]] former retainers of the late [[Asano Naganori]] attack the mansion of [[Kira Yoshinaka]]. |
| + | * 1703/1/5 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. |
| + | * 1703/2/13 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. |
| * 1703/4 The real-life events upon which ''Sonezaki shinjû'' are based, occur. | | * 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. | | * 1703/5/7 ''[[Sonezaki Shinju|Sonezaki shinjû]]'', an overnight (''[[ichiyazuke]]'') play by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]], debuts. |
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| * [[Senbakoki]] is invented. | | * [[Senbakoki]] is invented. |
| * The shogunate reissues a ban on the representation of contemporary events in [[kabuki]] and ''[[bunraku|ningyô jôruri]]''. | | * 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]]). | | *[[Yanagisawa Kien]] is born (d. [[1758]]). |