1642
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Kan'ei 19 (寛永十九年)
Timeline of 1642
Other Events of 1642
- A "Chônin Code" is issued in Kaga han.
- The shogunate bans onnagata from the kabuki stage.
- The shogunate assigns Saga han to share the responsibility for defending Nagasaki harbor with Fukuoka han. Matsudaira Tadaaki of Himeji han is assigned to the post that will later be called Nagasaki tandai shoku, working with the Nagasaki bugyô to coordinate the harbor defense.
- Sankin kôtai obligations are extended to all daimyô.
- The Yamamura-za opens as the third licensed kabuki theater in Edo.
Births and Deaths
- Ihara Saikaku is born (d. 1693).
- Kinoshita Nobutoshi dies (b. 1577).
- Nakayama Nobuyoshi dies (b. 1576).
- Tachibana Muneshige dies (b. 1567).
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