1707

Hôei 4 (宝永四年)

Timeline of 1707

• 1703/3 Bakufu limits Shirauo fishing in Sumida river.
• 1707/7/16 Reconstruction of Zenko-ji completed.(Shinano)
• 1707/8/11 Bakufu bans sales of birds, eels and loaches.
• 1707/10/4 The Hôei Earthquake.
• 1707/11/23 Mount Fuji erupts; it continues to erupt until 1708/1/3, and has not done so since.

Other Events of 1707

• Kabuki actor Arashi Kiyosaburô causes a "sensation" in Edo with a performance as Yaoya Oshichi, who accidentally set the Oshichi Fire of 1682 which destroyed Edo castle and much of the city.
• The Great Buddha Hall at Tôdai-ji is destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The current structure, roughly 70% the size of the original, dates to this reconstruction.

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