1683

Tenna 3 (天和三年)

Other Events

• Buke Shohatto is reissued with some changes; the 1683 form is repromulgated several times over the course of the remainder of the Edo period with few changes.
• Chinese investiture mission arrives in Ryûkyû; Shô Tei is formally invested as King of Ryûkyû.
• Qing Dynasty puts an end to the rebellion of Ming loyalists based on Taiwan.
• Shogunate prescribes the maximum size for wakizashi and katana, marking the end of the Kanbun-Shintô period of swordmaking.
• Tenshû and yagura of Matsuyama castle (Bitchu) which remain today are built.
• The shogunate arrests more than 300 illegal prostitutes in Edo, sending them to the Yoshiwara, denying them pay for five years.

Births and Deaths

• Kanô school painter Kanô Gyokuen is born (d. 1727).
• Miyagawa Chôshun, ukiyo-e artist, is born (d. 1753).
• Watanabe Shikô is born (d. 1755).

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