1747

Enkyô 4 (延享四年)

Timeline of 1747

• 1747/1 Nihonzaemon turns himself in to Machi Bugyô.(Kyoto)
• 1747/5/2 Emperor Momozono succeeds Emperor Sakuramachi to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
• 1747/8/15 Itakura Katsukane assassinate Lord Hosokawa Munetaka of Kumamoto in Edo castle.
• 1747/11 Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura debuts at the Takemoto-za jôruri theatre in Osaka.

Births and Deaths

• Iwai Hanshirô IV is born (d. 1800).
• Kabuki playwright Namiki Gohei I is born (d. 1808).
• Artist Shiba Kôkan is born (d. 1818).

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