1664

Kanbun 4 (寛文四年)

Timeline of 1664

• 1664/3/27 Bakufu Mizuno Jûrozaemon to commit seppuku.
• 1664/8/4 Farmers of a village in Kai province run away for heavy taxation.
• 1664/11/28 About 30 farmers in Saijô han get executed for refusing heavy taxation.
• 1664/12/7 Yagyû Munefuyu teaches kenjutsu to Shogun Ietsuna.

Other Events of 1664

• Uesugi Tsunanori, son of Kira Yoshinaka, adopted into Uesugi clan to become daimyô of Yonezawa han.
• Danna-dera system is imposed, under which all Japanese are mandated to register with a temple.
• Hinin no Katakiuchi, the first two-act kabuki play, debuts. The playwright is, for the first time in kabuki, publicly credited with having written a play.
• The shogunate bans wigs from the kabuki stage.
• The term shibai is first applied to kabuki.

Births and Deaths of 1664

• 1664/int.5/7 Uesugi Tsunakatsu (b. 1639), daimyô of Yonezawa, dies with no heir.

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