1723

Kyôhô 8 (享保八年)

Other Events of 1723

• The shogunate mandates kabuki theatres to install tile roofs and plastered walls, to protect against fire.
• The shogunate bans shinjû (love suicides; double suicides) plays.
• The Yongzheng Emperor takes power in China.

Births and Deaths

• Ike no Taiga, bunjinga artist, is born (d. 1776).
• Imai Jikan, kokugaku scholar, dies (b. 1657).

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