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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]] meets with and interviews the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]].
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*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]].
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*The [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] in Kyoto burns down; reconstruction is completed the following year.
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*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.
    
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Matsudaira Masakuni]] (Hisachiyo) dies.
 
*[[Nakamura Shichisaburo|Nakamura Shichisaburô]] dies (b. [[1662]]).
 
*[[Nakamura Shichisaburo|Nakamura Shichisaburô]] dies (b. [[1662]]).
  
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