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==Other Events of 1695== | ==Other Events of 1695== | ||
| + | *[[Edo]] suffers a great fire. Some 350 men and 40 women die in the fire at the [[Kii Edo mansion]] alone. | ||
*[[Nishikawa Joken|Nishikawa Jôken's]] ''[[Ka'i tsusho ko|Ka'i tsûshô kô]]''<!--華夷通商考--> is first published, in two volumes. (Revised & reissued [[1709]].) | *[[Nishikawa Joken|Nishikawa Jôken's]] ''[[Ka'i tsusho ko|Ka'i tsûshô kô]]''<!--華夷通商考--> is first published, in two volumes. (Revised & reissued [[1709]].) | ||
*Shogunal policies debase the currency, moving from 80% pure silver [[Keicho|Keichô]] coins, to 64% pure silver [[Genroku]] coins. | *Shogunal policies debase the currency, moving from 80% pure silver [[Keicho|Keichô]] coins, to 64% pure silver [[Genroku]] coins. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:32, 1 December 2017
Genroku 8 (元禄八年)
Timeline of 1695
Other Events of 1695
- Edo suffers a great fire. Some 350 men and 40 women die in the fire at the Kii Edo mansion alone.
- Nishikawa Jôken's Ka'i tsûshô kô is first published, in two volumes. (Revised & reissued 1709.)
- Shogunal policies debase the currency, moving from 80% pure silver Keichô coins, to 64% pure silver Genroku coins.
- Construction begins on the Taku Seibyô, a Confucian temple in Taku, Saga han, which is the oldest surviving Confucian temple in Japan today. Construction is completed in 1708.
Births and Deaths
- Matsudaira Yorishige dies (b. 1622).
- Herbalist Uemura Masakatsu is born (d. 1777).
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1695 | Following Year 1696 |
