1712

Shôtoku 2 (正徳二年)

Timeline of 1712

• 1712/6 Satsuma han restores to the king of Ryûkyû the title of koku-ô (king); for the previous hundred years, Satsuma had regarded him as kokushi (governor).

Other Events of 1712

• A fire destroys the tenshu and honmaru of Kôchi castle.
• Ôgata Kenzan moves from Narutaki, on the outskirts of Kyoto, to central Kyoto. No longer overseeing his own kiln, he begins focusing more heavily on decoration, and orders ceramic blanks from various kilns.
• Stipends are no longer guaranteed to those of the Ryukyuan aristocracy who do not hold official government posts.
• Shuri castle is rebuilt after a fire, with the aid of lumber from Satsuma, without which the kingdom could not undertake the repairs.
• The first volumes of Wakan sansai zue, organized by Terashima Ryôan, begin to be published.

Births and Deaths

• 1712/11/2 Hikosaka Hachibe'e Tadashige of the Enmei-ryû school of kenjutsu dies.
• Ichikawa Danjûrô IV is born (d. 1778).
• Artist Toriyama Sekien is born (d. 1788).

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