1687

Jôkyô 4 (貞享四年)

Timeline of 1687

• 1687/1/28 Bakufu issues the first Shorui Awaremi no Rei.
• 1687/2/21 Bakufu orders to register all house dogs in Edo.
• 1687/3/21 Emperor Reigen is succeeded by Emperor Higashiyama.
• 1687/5 Kawamura Zuiken completes construction of Yodogawa waterway.
• 1687/10/13 Tsuchiya Masanao becomes Roju.

Other Events of 1687

• Torii Kiyonobu comes to Edo and effectively founds the Torii school of painting and woodblock printing.
• Odawara han returned to the Ôkubo family, who lost it in 1614.

Births and Deaths

• 1687/1/5 Asayama Shigetatsu, founder of Asayama Ichiden-ryû, dies (b. 1610).