1683
Tenna 3 (天和三年)
Timeline of 1683
Other Events
- Buke Shohatto is reissued with some changes; the 1683 form is repromulgated several times over the course of the remainder of the Edo period with few changes.
- Chinese investiture mission arrives in Ryûkyû; Shô Tei is formally invested as King of Ryûkyû.
- Qing Dynasty puts an end to the rebellion of Ming loyalists based on Taiwan.
- Shogunate prescribes the maximum size for wakizashi and katana, marking the end of the Kanbun-Shintô period of swordmaking.
- Tenshû and yagura of Matsuyama castle (Bitchu) which remain today are built.
- The shogunate arrests more than 300 illegal prostitutes in Edo, sending them to the Yoshiwara, denying them pay for five years.
Births and Deaths
- Kanô school painter Kanô Gyokuen is born (d. 1727).
- Miyagawa Chôshun, ukiyo-e artist, is born (d. 1753).
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