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*The shogunate bans screens from kabuki theatres, which had been installed to help high-ranking samurai and others visit discreetly.
 
*The shogunate bans screens from kabuki theatres, which had been installed to help high-ranking samurai and others visit discreetly.
 
*The shogunate bans ''[[yuna]]'' (bathhouse girls) and male prostitutes.
 
*The shogunate bans ''[[yuna]]'' (bathhouse girls) and male prostitutes.
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*The shogunate expands/refines ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' procedures to include obligations on the part of each daimyô's heir to pay formal visits to [[Edo castle]] as well.
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===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Nakae Toju|Nakae Tôjû]] dies (b. [[1608]]).
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*[[Nishikawa Joken]] is born (d. [[1724]]).
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 2 March 2014

Shôhô 5 (正保五年) / Keian 1 (慶安元年)

Timeline of 1648

  • 1648/2 The shogunate issues a series of laws regulating commoners' behaviors.
  • 1648/2/15 The Keian era begins.

Other Events of 1648

  • Akô castle in Harima province is completed.
  • The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War, and marks the emergence of the modern/Western concept of the nation-state. Spain recognizes the independence of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  • The shogunate issues various edicts regulating the lives of commoners in Edo.
  • The shogunate bans kabuki actors and dancers from engaging in homosexual activity.
  • The shogunate bans screens from kabuki theatres, which had been installed to help high-ranking samurai and others visit discreetly.
  • The shogunate bans yuna (bathhouse girls) and male prostitutes.
  • The shogunate expands/refines sankin kôtai procedures to include obligations on the part of each daimyô's heir to pay formal visits to Edo castle as well.

Births and Deaths


Previous Year
1647
1648 Following Year
1649