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==Other Events of 1708== | ==Other Events of 1708== | ||
*[[Arai Hakuseki]] meets with and interviews the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]]. | *[[Arai Hakuseki]] meets with and interviews the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]]. | ||
| + | *Arai Hakuseki completes his ''[[Sairan igen]]'', credited as being the first systematic geography of the world to be produced in Japan. | ||
*[[Asano Yoshinaga]] succeeds [[Asano Tsunanaga]] as ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Hiroshima han]]. | *[[Asano Yoshinaga]] succeeds [[Asano Tsunanaga]] as ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Hiroshima han]]. | ||
*The [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] in Kyoto burns down; reconstruction is completed the following year. | *The [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] in Kyoto burns down; reconstruction is completed the following year. | ||
Revision as of 12:08, 11 August 2014
Hôei 5 (宝永五年)
Timeline of 1708
- 1708/1/3 Mt. Fuji, which began erupting on 1707/11/23, becomes dormant again. It has not erupted since.
- 1708/9 Sakata Tôjûrô I appears onstage for the final time, in a production of Yûgiri Nagori no Shôgatsu.
- 1708/12/3 Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi issues his "Kindness to Animals Decrees." All animals are to be kindly treated; if horses get tired while being ridden, they are to be stabled and taken care of by whatever mansions are nearby; and, post-horses are not to be overtaxed, and are to be well taken care of in both shogunal and domain lands.
Other Events of 1708
- Arai Hakuseki meets with and interviews the Jesuit missionary Giovanni Battista Sidotti.
- Arai Hakuseki completes his Sairan igen, credited as being the first systematic geography of the world to be produced in Japan.
- Asano Yoshinaga succeeds Asano Tsunanaga as daimyô of Hiroshima han.
- The Imperial Palace in Kyoto burns down; reconstruction is completed the following year.
- Construction, begun in 1695, is completed on the Taku Seibyô in Taku, Saga han. It is today the oldest extant Confucian temple in Japan.
- Tei Junsoku compiles the Six Courses in Morals (六諭衍義) and brings it back from China.
Births and Deaths
- Nakamura Shichisaburô dies (b. 1662).
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1708 | Following Year 1709 |
