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==Other Events of 1707==
 
==Other Events of 1707==
 
*[[Kabuki]] actor [[Arashi Kiyosaburo|Arashi Kiyosaburô]] causes a "sensation" in Edo with a performance as Yaoya Oshichi, who accidentally set the [[Oshichi Fire]] of [[1682]] which destroyed [[Edo castle]] and much of the city.
 
*[[Kabuki]] actor [[Arashi Kiyosaburo|Arashi Kiyosaburô]] causes a "sensation" in Edo with a performance as Yaoya Oshichi, who accidentally set the [[Oshichi Fire]] of [[1682]] which destroyed [[Edo castle]] and much of the city.
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*The Great Buddha Hall at [[Todaiji|Tôdai-ji]] is destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The current structure, roughly 70% the size of the original, dates to this reconstruction.
  
 
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Revision as of 00:06, 15 August 2011

Hôei 4 (宝永四年)

Timeline of 1707

  • 1703/3 Bakufu limits Shirauo fishing in Sumida river.
  • 1707/7/16 Reconstruction of Zenko-ji completed.(Shinano)
  • 1707/8/11 Bakufu bans sales of birds, eels and loaches.
  • 1707/10/4 The Hôei Earthquake.
  • 1707/11/23 Mount Fuji erupts; it has not done so since.

Other Events of 1707

  • Kabuki actor Arashi Kiyosaburô causes a "sensation" in Edo with a performance as Yaoya Oshichi, who accidentally set the Oshichi Fire of 1682 which destroyed Edo castle and much of the city.
  • The Great Buddha Hall at Tôdai-ji is destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The current structure, roughly 70% the size of the original, dates to this reconstruction.
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