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*The shogunate lifts the ban on ''[[onnagata]]'' on the [[kabuki]] stage, under the provisions that there be a distinction between the ''onnagata'' and those who play male roles, that the genders of the actors be known, and that nothing be done onstage to confuse the audience as to the gender of the actors.
*The shogunate lifts the ban on ''[[onnagata]]'' on the [[kabuki]] stage, under the provisions that there be a distinction between the ''onnagata'' and those who play male roles, that the genders of the actors be known, and that nothing be done onstage to confuse the audience as to the gender of the actors.
*The shogunate forbids kabuki and ''[[bunraku|ningyô jôruri]]'' plays from using the names of contemporary figures of importance.
*The shogunate forbids kabuki and ''[[bunraku|ningyô jôruri]]'' plays from using the names of contemporary figures of importance.
*The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
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