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==Timeline of 1714==
==Timeline of 1714==
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*1714/1/12 [[Ejima-Ikushima Affair]] - A power struggle over control of Ejima, a woman in the [[Ooku|shogunal harem]] comes to a climax and spills over into a larger affair.
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*1714/1/12 [[Ejima-Ikushima Affair]] - A power struggle over control of Ejima, a woman in the [[Ooku|shogunal harem]], comes to a climax and spills over into a larger affair.
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*1714/2/6 In consequence of the Ejima-Ikushima Affair, the shogunate forces the [[Yamamura-za]] to close. The building is destroyed, and all its assets seized. All other Edo theatres are closed as well, for a brief time.
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*1714/3/9 An edict is issued imposing a variety of restrictions upon [[kabuki]] theatres, many of which are repeats of restrictions already on the books. Box seats could not be taller than one story. Special passages and rooms for merry-making could not be constructed, and patrons could not be invited to the actors' homes. Blinds, curtains, and screens, which had been used to allow high-ranking samurai and others to visit the theatre discreetly, were banned. Torchlight evening plays were banned. Sumptuous costumes were banned.
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*1714/4/9 The three remaining Edo theatres (other than the Yamamura-za) are permitted to reopen.
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*1714/5/13 [[Nakamura Kuranosuke]] expeled from Kyoto.
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*1714/10/28 [[Bakufu]] releases [[Kugeshuhatto]].
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==Other Events of 1714==
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*[[Ryukyuan embassy]] to Edo.
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*The last of the 105 volumes of [[Terashima Ryoan|Terashima Ryôan's]] ''[[Wakan sansai zue]]'' are published.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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*1714/11/25 Mathematician [[Arima Yoriyuki]] born (d. [[1783]]).
*1714/11/25 Mathematician [[Arima Yoriyuki]] born (d. [[1783]]).
*1714/12/18 Future ''rôjû'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] born (d. [[1779]]).
*1714/12/18 Future ''rôjû'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] born (d. [[1779]]).
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*[[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]] dies (b. [[1668]]).
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