Kyôhô 7 (享保七年)

Timeline of 1722

Other Events of 1722

  • Ban on foreign books is lifted; importation of Western books through Nagasaki resumes.
  • The shogunate licenses 109 rice brokers and permits them to form a union.
  • Double suicide is banned.
  • Four waterworks channels in Edo are taken out of use, leaving the Tamagawa and Kanda channels providing water to the city.
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