1684

Tenna 4 (天和四年) / Jôkyô 1 (貞享元年)

Timeline of 1684

• 1684/2/1 Takemoto-za puppet theatre founded in Osaka.
• 1684/2/16 Mt Mihara erupt.
• 1684/2/27 Bakufu orders Fudai Daimyô in Kantô region Sankin Kôtai in every 6 months.
• 1684/6/5 Ihara Saikaku composes 23,500 verses of renga poetry in a single 24-hour period at the Sumiyoshi shrine in Osaka.
• 1684/7/11 Kanjin Sumo at Eitai-ji.
• 1684/8/28 Inaba Masayasu kills Hotta Masatoshi in Edo castle.
• 1684/12/1 Shibukawa Harumi named to be Tenmon gata.

Other Events of 1684

Births and Deaths

• 1684/8/28 Tairô Hotta Masatoshi (b. 1634) killed by his cousin Inaba Masayasu.