1722
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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.
- Ichikawa Danjûrô II becomes the first Edo kabuki actor to achieve an annual salary of 1,000 ryô.
- The shogunate licenses 109 rice brokers and permits them to form a union.
- Double suicide is banned.
- The reign of the Kangxi Emperor comes to an end in China.
- 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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