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==Timeline of 1722==
==Timeline of 1722==
*1722/5 [[Mizuno Tadayuki]] is named ''katte-gakari [[roju|rôjû]]''.
==Other Events of 1722==
==Other Events of 1722==
*Ban on foreign books is lifted; importation of Western books through [[Nagasaki]] resumes.
*Ban on foreign books is lifted (except for those pertaining to [[Christianity]]); importation of Western books through [[Nagasaki]] resumes.
*[[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] becomes the first Edo [[kabuki]] actor to achieve an annual salary of 1,000 ''[[ryo|ryô]]''.
*[[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] becomes the first Edo [[kabuki]] actor to achieve an annual salary of 1,000 ''[[ryo|ryô]]''.
*The shogunate licenses 109 [[rice brokers]] and permits them to form a union.
*The shogunate licenses 109 [[rice brokers]] and permits them to form a union.
*[[Double suicide]] is banned.
*[[Double suicide]] is banned.
*The reign of the [[Kangxi Emperor]] comes to an end in China.
*The reign of the [[Kangxi Emperor]] comes to an end in China. He is succeeded by the [[Yongzheng Emperor]].
*[[Matsudaira Nagatsune]], age 9, succeeds his father to become lord of [[Kaminoyama han]].
*The Publishing Guilds issue a series of regulations, banning amorous stories, any new or confused interpretations of Buddhism, Confucianism, or Shintô, and mentions of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] or of the [[Tokugawa clan]]. In addition, the authors and publishers were obligated to include their real names in the [[colophon]] (''okutsuke'') at the ends of their books. This represents the first extensive system of surveillance and censorship of publishing implemented.
*[[Satsuma han]] orders the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] to perform a land survey.
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]] makes the first ever direct request for European paintings from the [[Dutch East India Company]]; five works by Willem Hendrik van Royen arrive in [[1726]].
*Four [[waterworks]] channels in Edo are taken out of use, leaving the Tamagawa and Kanda channels providing water to the city.
*Four [[waterworks]] channels in Edo are taken out of use, leaving the Tamagawa and Kanda channels providing water to the city.
*The shogunate's ban on ''[[yomiuri]]'' news-singers and news-papers is strengthened, but to little effect.
*The shogunate's ban on ''[[yomiuri]]'' news-singers and news-papers is strengthened, but to little effect.
===Births and Deaths===
*In China, the Kangxi Emperor dies.
*[[Matsudaira Nobumichi]], lord of Kaminoyama han, dies.
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