1670

Kanbun 10 (寛文十年)

Timeline of 1670

• 1670/1/11 Prince Nakagusuku takes the throne in Ryûkyû as King Shô Tei.
• 1670/2/22 Hotta Masatoshi appointed Wakadoshiyori.
• 1670/6/12 Hayashi Gahô completes Honchô Tsugan.
• 1670/8/13 Bakufu issues new thrift law.

Other Events of 1670

• The bayonet is invented in Europe.
• Shô Shôken requires all members of the aristocracy of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû to submit geneological charts.
• The shogunate limits kabuki theatres in Edo to four: the Morita-za, Ichimura-za, Nakamura-za, and Yamamura-za.
• The position of Nagasaki tandai shoku is abolished.

Births and Deaths

• 1670/3/7 Sekiguchi Ujimune, jujutsu practitioner, dies (b. 1598).
• Asano Nagahiro, hatamoto, is born (d. 1734).
• Horibe Taketsune, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Kurahashi Takeyuki, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Ôkubo Tadamoto, Nagasaki tandai shoku, dies.
• Tominomori Masayori, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Fuwa Masatane, one of the 47 Ronin, is born (d. 1703).
• Hôjô Ujinaga, hatamoto and military scholar, dies (b. 1609).
• Ryôkei, abbot of Myôshin-ji, dies (b. 1602).
• Tosa school artist Sumiyoshi Jokei dies (b. 1599).

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