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==Other Events of 1715==

==Other Events of 1715==

*[[Giuseppe Castiglione]] begins painting in China.

*[[Giuseppe Castiglione]] begins painting in China.

*[[Higa Josho|Higa Jôshô]] devises the ''[[tsuikin]]'' (堆錦) method of creating [[Ryukyuan lacquerware|lacquerware]].

*[[Higa Josho|Higa Jôshô]] devises the ''[[tsuikin]]'' (堆錦) method of creating [[Ryukyuan lacquerware|lacquerware]].

*A market is opened in [[Shuri]].

*A market is opened in [[Shuri]].

*[[Tamagusuku Chokun|Tamagusuku Chôkun]] is named ''[[udui bujo|udui bujô]]''.

*[[Tamagusuku Chokun|Tamagusuku Chôkun]] is named ''[[udui bujo|udui bujô]]''.

*Restrictions are placed on the export of copper.

*The ''[[Shotoku shinrei|Shôtoku shinrei]]'' are promulgated, shifting the export of [[copper]], and altering policies governing [[Chinese in Nagasaki|Chinese trade at Nagasaki]].

*Policies regarding [[Chinese in Nagasaki|Chinese trade at Nagasaki]] are changed. Restrictions are placed on the number of Chinese ships allowed to trade at [[Nagasaki]] - reduced from 80 to 30; Chinese are made subject to Japanese law; a system of licenses similar to [[kango boeki|the tally trade]] system is implemented; and Chinese merchants are from now on to communicate with certain low-ranking officials, and not directly with shogunate administrators.

===Births and Deaths===

===Births and Deaths===