1690

Genroku 3 (元禄三年)

Other Events of 1690

• The shogunate announces a new edict requiring daimyô to organize the defense of their Kyoto mansions.
• Dokai Kôshûkai is compiled.
• Engelbert Kaempfer arrives in Dejima.
• A large fire strikes in Kanazawa.
• The Hayashi clan school is moved onto the site of the Yushima Seidô, and Hayashi Hôkô is formally named its head.
• The royal government of Ryûkyû begins collecting and compiling kafu (aristocratic family lineage records).
• Shuri castle is burned down and rebuilt.
• The Yushima Seidô is established in Edo.

Births and Deaths

• Arashi San'emon dies (b. 1635).

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1690

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