*[[Uesugi Tsunanori]], son of [[Kira Yoshinaka]], adopted into [[Uesugi clan]] to become ''daimyô'' of [[Yonezawa han]].
*[[Uesugi Tsunanori]], son of [[Kira Yoshinaka]], adopted into [[Uesugi clan]] to become ''daimyô'' of [[Yonezawa han]].
*''Danna-dera'' system is imposed, under which all Japanese are mandated to register with a temple.
*''Danna-dera'' system is imposed, under which all Japanese are mandated to register with a temple.
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*The shogunate bans wigs from the [[kabuki]] stage.
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*''[[Hinin no Katakiuchi]]'', the first two-act [[kabuki]] play, debuts. The playwright is, for the first time in kabuki, publicly credited with having written a play.