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==Timeline of 1703==
==Timeline of 1703==
−* 1703/2/4 [[Bakufu]] orders [[Seppuku]] to [[the 47 Ronin]].
+* Genroku 15/12/14 (30 January 1703) - [[47 Ronin|Forty-seven]] former retainers of the late [[Asano Naganori]] attack the mansion of [[Kira Yoshinaka]].
−* 1703/5/7 The premiere of [[Sonezaki Shinju]].
+* 1703/1/5 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] visits the mansion of [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]; Yoshiyasu's retainers perform or demonstrate a dialogue in spoken [[Chinese language|Chinese]] before the shogun.
+* 1703/2/13 Tsunayoshi visits Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu at his mansion. [[Kuraoka Bunjiro|Kuraoka Bunjirô]] presents a lecture, in Chinese, on the ''[[Great Learning]]'' (''Daxue''). [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai]] provides interpretation into Japanese.
+* 1703/4 The real-life events upon which ''Sonezaki shinjû'' are based, occur.
+* 1703/5/7 ''[[Sonezaki Shinju|Sonezaki shinjû]]'', an overnight (''[[ichiyazuke]]'') play by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]], debuts.
+* 1703/7 [[Bakufu]] bans ''Tsuji-Sumo'' and ''Tsuji-Odori''.
+* 1703/10 [[Muro Kyuso|Muro Kyusô]] publishes ''Akô Gijin Roku''.
+* 1703/11/23 Big earthquakes and floods strike [[Musashi province|Musashi]], [[Sagami province|Sagami]], [[Awa province|Awa]], and [[Kazusa province]]s, and ignite the "[[Great Genroku Fire]]" in [[Edo]].
==Other Events of 1703==
==Other Events of 1703==
−*Earthquake strikes [[Edo]].
+* [[Senbakoki]] is invented.
+* The shogunate reissues a ban on the representation of contemporary events in [[kabuki]] and ''[[bunraku|ningyô jôruri]]''.
+* A shogunal ban on ''[[yomiuri]]'' news-singers and news-papers is re-issued.
===Births and Deaths of 1703===
===Births and Deaths of 1703===
+*Genroku 15/12/15 (31 January 1703) [[Kira Yoshinaka]] is killed (b. [[1641]]).
*1703/2/4 Forty-six of the [[47 Ronin]] commit ''[[seppuku]]''.
*1703/2/4 Forty-six of the [[47 Ronin]] commit ''[[seppuku]]''.
+*[[Yanagisawa Kien]] is born (d. [[1758]]).
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+{| border="3" align="center"
+|- align="center"
+|width="35%"|Previous Year<br>'''[[1702]]'''
+|width="25%"|'''[[1703]]'''
+|width="35%"|Following Year<br>'''[[1704]]'''
+|}
+</center>
[[Category:Timeline]]
[[Category:Timeline]]
[[Category:Edo Period Timeline]]
[[Category:Edo Period Timeline]]