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*1697/4 [[Tokugawa shogunate]] orders various daimyo to produce maps of the [[provinces of Japan|provinces]], along with registers of towns.
*1697/4 [[Tokugawa shogunate]] orders various daimyo to produce maps of the [[provinces of Japan|provinces]], along with registers of towns.
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==Other Events==
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==Other Events of 1697==
*[[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]] in [[Osaka]] is established.
*[[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]] in [[Osaka]] is established.
*[[English East India Company]] trading house in Vietnam is closed.
*[[English East India Company]] trading house in Vietnam is closed.
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*''[[Chuzan Seikan|Chûzan Seikan]]'', the first official history of [[Okinawa]], is compiled by [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]].
*''[[Chuzan Seikan|Chûzan Seikan]]'', the first official history of [[Okinawa]], is compiled by [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]].
*Restrictions on the planting of sugar cane and turmeric are put into place in [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
*Restrictions on the planting of sugar cane and turmeric are put into place in [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
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===Births and Deaths===
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*Artist [[Sakaki Hyakusen]] is born (d. [[1752]]).
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