1717

Kyôhô 2 (享保二年)

Timeline of 1717

• 1717/1/22 A big fire burns down more than 200 blocks in Edo.
• 1717/2/3 Ooka Tadasuke becomes Edo Machi Bugyo.
• 1717/2/16 Farmers riot in Tottori han.
• 1717/3/2 Shogun invites Dutch merchants to Edo.
• 1717/6 Bakufu establishes Ginza in Sado island.
• 1717/7/17 Masai Sômai Megataki uchi.
• 1717/9/27 Mizuno Tadayuki becomes Rôjû.

Other Events of 1717

• Battles of Coxinga becomes the first bunraku play to be adapted to kabuki and performed in Edo. It is performed at the Morita-za, Ichimura-za, and Nakamura-za.
• Clothing shop Daimonji-ya opens in Kyoto; it will be the predecessor to the modern-day Daimaru department store chain.