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| ==Timeline of 1708== | | ==Timeline of 1708== |
| + | *1708/1/3 [[Mt. Fuji]], which began erupting on [[1707]]/11/23, becomes dormant again. It has not erupted since. |
| *1708/9 [[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] appears onstage for the final time, in a production of ''Yûgiri Nagori no Shôgatsu''. | | *1708/9 [[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] appears onstage for the final time, in a production of ''Yûgiri Nagori no Shôgatsu''. |
| + | *1708/12/3 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] issues his "[[Kindness to Animals Decrees]]." All animals are to be kindly treated; if [[horses]] get tired while being ridden, they are to be stabled and taken care of by whatever mansions are nearby; and, [[post-horses]] are not to be overtaxed, and are to be well taken care of in both [[tenryo|shogunal]] and [[han|domain lands]]. |
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| ==Other Events of 1708== | | ==Other Events of 1708== |
| + | *[[Arai Hakuseki]] meets with and interviews the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]]. |
| + | *Arai Hakuseki completes his ''[[Sairan igen]]'', credited as being the first systematic geography of the world to be produced in Japan. |
| *[[Asano Yoshinaga]] succeeds [[Asano Tsunanaga]] as ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Hiroshima han]]. | | *[[Asano Yoshinaga]] succeeds [[Asano Tsunanaga]] as ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Hiroshima han]]. |
| + | *The [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] in Kyoto burns down; reconstruction is completed the following year. |
| + | *The wooden [[Madan-bashi]] is rebuilt in stone. |
| *Construction, begun in [[1695]], is completed on the [[Taku Seibyo|Taku Seibyô]] in Taku, [[Saga han]]. It is today the oldest extant [[Confucian temple]] in Japan. | | *Construction, begun in [[1695]], is completed on the [[Taku Seibyo|Taku Seibyô]] in Taku, [[Saga han]]. It is today the oldest extant [[Confucian temple]] in Japan. |
| *[[Tei Junsoku]] compiles the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) and brings it back from China. | | *[[Tei Junsoku]] compiles the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) and brings it back from China. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *[[Matsudaira Masakuni]] (Hisachiyo) dies. |
| *[[Nakamura Shichisaburo|Nakamura Shichisaburô]] dies (b. [[1662]]). | | *[[Nakamura Shichisaburo|Nakamura Shichisaburô]] dies (b. [[1662]]). |
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