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*1709/9/30 [[Arai Hakuseki]] reads a letter formally informing the shogunate of the death of [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]], king of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. This is his first interaction with the Ryukyuan kingdom.
*1709/9/30 [[Arai Hakuseki]] reads a letter formally informing the shogunate of the death of [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]], king of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. This is his first interaction with the Ryukyuan kingdom.
*1709/11/18 [[Sho Eki|Shô Eki]] succeeds [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]] as king of Ryûkyû.
*1709/11/18 [[Sho Eki|Shô Eki]] succeeds [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]] as king of Ryûkyû.
*1709/11/25 [[Shuri castle]] burns down.
*1709/11/25 [[Shuri castle]] burns down (rebuilt by [[1714]]).
==Other Events of 1709==
==Other Events of 1709==
*[[Nishikawa Joken|Nishikawa Jôken's]] ''[[Ka'i tsusho ko|Ka'i tsûshô kô]]'', first published [[1695]], is reissued in a revised five-volume version.
*[[Nishikawa Joken|Nishikawa Jôken's]] ''[[Ka'i tsusho ko|Ka'i tsûshô kô]]'', first published [[1695]], is reissued in a revised five-volume version.
*[[Ogata Korin|Ôgata Kôrin]] returns to Kyoto, and begins collaborating more closely with his brother [[Ogata Kenzan|Kenzan]].
*[[Ogata Korin|Ôgata Kôrin]] returns to Kyoto, and begins collaborating more closely with his brother [[Ogata Kenzan|Kenzan]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1709/1/10 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] dies of smallpox (b. 1646).
*1709/1/10 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] dies of smallpox (b. 1646).
*1709/2 ''[[Midaidokoro]]'' [[Takatsukasa Nobuko]] dies.
*1709/7/13 [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]], king of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]], dies.
*1709/7/13 [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]], king of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]], dies.
*1709/10 [[Tokugawa Yoshizane]] dies.
*Emperor Higashiyama dies (b. [[1675]]).
*Emperor Higashiyama dies (b. [[1675]]).
*[[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] dies (b. [[1646]]).
*[[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] dies (b. [[1646]]).
