1631

Kan'ei 8 (寛永八年)

Timeline of 1631

• 1631/10/5 The shogunate appoints two machi bugyô for Edo (one "north magistrate" and one "south").
• 1631/11/5 The shogunate issues restrictions on samurai's clothing and housing.

Other Events of 1631

• Hôsho system is introduced, requiring red seal ships to now carry an additional authorization form.
• Monopoly privileges on silk under the itowappu system are extended to Chinese traders.
• Satsuma han appoints Kawakami Matazaemon Tadamichi the first zaiban bugyô assigned to oversee matters in Ryûkyû as an agent of the domain.
• Shinmachi pleasure district in Osaka is established.
• The shogunate bans samurai's servants from being promoted to full samurai status.
• Tokugawa Tadanaga is stripped of his position as daimyô of Kôfu.

Births and Deaths

• Ashina Morishige, daimyô of Aizu han, dies (b. 1575).
• Honda Tadazumi, Tokugawa retainer, dies (b. 1586).
• Hoshino Masamitsu, Tokugawa retainer, dies (b. 1561).
• Jufuku-in, concubine of Maeda Toshiie and mother of Maeda Toshitsune, dies (b. 1570).
• Katô Yoshiaki, one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, dies (b. 1563).

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