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| *Shôhô 2/12 (Jan 1646) - [[Chinese in Nagasaki|Chinese merchant]] Lin Gao<!--林高--> delivers two letters to ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' [[Yamazaki Gonpachiro|Yamazaki Gonpachirô]]<!--山崎権八郎-->, from [[Cui Zhi]]<!--崔芝-->, on behalf of Ming loyalist [[Zheng Zhilong]]<!--鄭芝龍-->, requesting aid in pushing out the [[Qing Dynasty|Manchus]] and restoring the [[Ming Dynasty]]. Nothing comes of it. | | *Shôhô 2/12 (Jan 1646) - [[Chinese in Nagasaki|Chinese merchant]] Lin Gao<!--林高--> delivers two letters to ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' [[Yamazaki Gonpachiro|Yamazaki Gonpachirô]]<!--山崎権八郎-->, from [[Cui Zhi]]<!--崔芝-->, on behalf of Ming loyalist [[Zheng Zhilong]]<!--鄭芝龍-->, requesting aid in pushing out the [[Qing Dynasty|Manchus]] and restoring the [[Ming Dynasty]]. Nothing comes of it. |
| *1646/9 - [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]] of [[Kishu han|Kishû han]], uncle to Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], receives a request for aid in restoring the Ming. | | *1646/9 - [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]] of [[Kishu han|Kishû han]], uncle to Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], receives a request for aid in restoring the Ming. |
| + | *1646/10 - Ming loyalists led by Zheng Zhilong and his son [[Zheng Chenggong]] (Coxinga) lose [[Fuzhou]], their last foothold on the Chinese mainland. |
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| ==Other Events of 1646== | | ==Other Events of 1646== |
| + | *The English Civil War, begun in [[1642]], comes to an end. |
| *Ban on ''onna-[[kabuki]]'' is reissued. | | *Ban on ''onna-[[kabuki]]'' is reissued. |
| *Members of the [[Sanshikan]] are no longer required to serve three-year terms as hostages in [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] (end of a system put into place in [[1630]]). | | *Members of the [[Sanshikan]] are no longer required to serve three-year terms as hostages in [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] (end of a system put into place in [[1630]]). |
| *Special box seats with bamboo blinds are installed at all the Edo kabuki theatres, allowing high-ranking samurai and others to visit discreetly, without being seen. | | *Special box seats with bamboo blinds are installed at all the Edo kabuki theatres, allowing high-ranking samurai and others to visit discreetly, without being seen. |
| + | *Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu restores the practice of sending shogunal envoys to [[Ise Shrine]] to make offerings to the gods. |
| *The [[Urasenke]] and [[Omotesenke]] schools of [[tea ceremony]] are founded. | | *The [[Urasenke]] and [[Omotesenke]] schools of [[tea ceremony]] are founded. |
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| *[[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] is born (d. [[1709]]). | | *[[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] is born (d. [[1709]]). |
| *[[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] is born (d. [[1709]]). | | *[[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] is born (d. [[1709]]). |
| + | *Poet [[Wang Siren]] dies (b. [[1575]]). |
| *[[Yagyu Munenori|Yagyû Munenori]] dies (b. [[1571]]). | | *[[Yagyu Munenori|Yagyû Munenori]] dies (b. [[1571]]). |
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