1655

Jôô 4 (承応四年) / Meireki 1 (明暦元年)

Timeline of 1655

• 1655/1/20 Bakufu bans flying kites within Edo.
• 1655/3 Construction of Nobidome waterway completed.
• 1655/4/13 The Meireki era begins.
• 1655/6/26 Tamura Gonzaemon starts Kutani pottery.
• 1655/10/13 The shogunate issues the Edo machijû sadamegaki, a set of codes regarding merchants' and artisans' behaviors.
• 1655/11/28 Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Other Events of 1655

• A Korean embassy journeys to Edo, and is the last to visit Nikkô Tôshôgû.
• The itowappu system is abolished; free trade in silk resumes.

Births and Deaths

• 1655/6/25 Suzuki Shôsan, samurai and Zen monk, dies (b. 1579).
• 1655/11/20 Ukita Hideie, one of the Go-Tairô, dies (b. 1572).
• Indô Yorimori, defector to Eastern Army at Sekigahara, dies (b. 1568).
• Hotta Masayasu, daimyô of Ômimiyagawa and Yoshii han, is born (d. 1731).
• Kyôgoku Takatoyo, lord of Marugame han, is born (d. 1694).

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