1665

Kanbun 5 (寛文五年)

Other Events of 1665

• Chatan ueekata returns to Ryûkyû. (Chatan-Eso Affair)
• The tenshu of Osaka castle is struck by lightning and burns down.
• Tsukijima in Nagasaki harbor is renamed Dejima.
• The Yoshiwara successfully pressures the shogunate to shut down teahouses in Edo, thus eliminating some of the Yoshiwara's competition.

Births and Deaths

• Kuroda Nagaoki, son of Kuroda Nagamasa, dies (b. 1610).
• Author Nishizawa Ippû is born (d. 1731).

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