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===Births and Deaths===
 
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*[[Kyoto shoshidai]] [[Itakura Shigemune]] dies (b. [[1587]]).
 
*Tea master [[Kanamori Sowa|Kanamori Sôwa]] dies (b. [[1584]]).
 
*Tea master [[Kanamori Sowa|Kanamori Sôwa]] dies (b. [[1584]]).
  

Revision as of 15:11, 9 December 2011

Meireki 2 (明暦二年)

Timeline of 1656

Other Events of 1656

  • Kumazawa Banzan is forced to resign from the service of Ikeda Mitsumasa.
  • The Qing Court initiates a sea blockade in an effort to starve out Zheng Chenggong (Coxinga), a Ming loyalist based on Taiwan, but it is largely ineffective.
  • A yarô hyôbanki, a predecessor to yakusha hyôbanki (actor critiques), is first published.
  • The Yoshiwara is forced to move to a new site in northern Asakusa.

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