1729

Kyôhô 14 (享保十四年)

Timeline of 1729

• 1729/2 A mission leaves Nagasaki for Edo, to present an elephant from Vietnam, brought to Nagasaki by a Chinese merchant, to the shogun.
• 1729/* The elephant is presented before the Emperor in Kyoto.
• 1729/5/27 The elephant is presented before the Shogun in Edo.

Other Events of 1729

• The kabuki play Ya no ne is performed for the first time.
• Reconstruction efforts begin at Kôchi castle, following a fire in 1727, along with earlier disasters.

Births and Deaths

• Hiraga Gennai is born (d. 1779).

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