1697
Genroku 10 (元禄十年)
Timeline of 1697
- 1697/4 Tokugawa shogunate orders various daimyo to produce maps of the provinces, along with registers of towns.
Other Events of 1697
- Chûzan Seikan, the first official history of Okinawa, is compiled by Shô Shôken.
- Dôjima Rice Exchange in Osaka is established.
- English East India Company trading house in Vietnam is closed.
- Fuwa Kazuemon is dismissed from Asano Naganori's service and becomes a ronin.
- Following his father's death, Gion Nankai moves to Wakayama, his family's home province, after being born and raised in Edo.
- Shibaraku debuts at the Nakamura-za in Edo, starring Ichikawa Danjûrô I.
- Restrictions on the planting of sugar cane and turmeric are put into place in Ryûkyû.
Births and Deaths
- Kokugaku thinker Kamo no Mabuchi is born (d. 1769).
- Artist Sakaki Hyakusen is born (d. 1752).
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