1670

Kanbun 9 (寛文九年)

Other Events of 1670

• Shogunate limits kabuki theatres in Edo to four: the Morita-za, Ichimura-za, Nakamura-za, and Yamamura-za.
• Hotta Masatoshi appointed wakadoshiyori.

Births and Deaths

• 1670/3/7 Sekiguchi Ujimune, jujutsu practitioner, dies (b. 1598).
• Asano Nagahiro, hatamoto, is born (d. 1734).
• Horibe Taketsune, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Kurahashi Takeyuki, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Tominomori Masayori, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Fuwa Masatane, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Hôjô Ujinaga, hatamoto and military scholar, dies (b. 1609).