*1715/11 [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]]'s ''[[ningyo joruri|ningyô jôruri]]'' play "[[The Battles of Coxinga]]," debuts at the [[Takemoto-za]].
==Other Events of 1715==
==Other Events of 1715==
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*[[Arai Hakuseki|Arai Hakuseki's]] ''Seiyô kibun'' (西洋記聞) is published.
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*[[Giuseppe Castiglione]] begins painting in China.
*[[Higa Josho|Higa Jôshô]] devises the ''[[tsuikin]]'' (堆錦) method of creating [[Ryukyuan lacquerware|lacquerware]].
*[[Higa Josho|Higa Jôshô]] devises the ''[[tsuikin]]'' (堆錦) method of creating [[Ryukyuan lacquerware|lacquerware]].
*A market is opened in [[Shuri]].
*A market is opened in [[Shuri]].
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*[[Tamagusuku Chokun|Tamagusuku Chôkun]] is named ''[[udui bugyo|udui bugyô]]''.
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*[[Tamagusuku Chokun|Tamagusuku Chôkun]] is named ''[[udui bujo|udui bujô]]''.
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*The ''[[Shotoku shinrei|Shôtoku shinrei]]'' are promulgated, shifting the export of [[copper]], and altering policies governing [[Chinese in Nagasaki|Chinese trade at Nagasaki]].