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*The shogunate licenses 109 [[rice brokers]] and permits them to form a union.
*The shogunate licenses 109 [[rice brokers]] and permits them to form a union.
*[[Double suicide]] is banned.
*[[Double suicide]] is banned.
*The reign of the [[Kangxi Emperor]] comes to an end in China.
*The reign of the [[Kangxi Emperor]] comes to an end in China. He is succeeded by the [[Yongzheng Emperor]].
*The Publishing Guilds issue a series of regulations, banning amorous stories, any new or confused interpretations of Buddhism, Confucianism, or Shintô, and mentions of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] or of the [[Tokugawa clan]]. In addition, the authors and publishers were obligated to include their real names in the [[colophon]] (''okutsuke'') at the ends of their books. This represents the first extensive system of surveillance and censorship of publishing implemented.
*The Publishing Guilds issue a series of regulations, banning amorous stories, any new or confused interpretations of Buddhism, Confucianism, or Shintô, and mentions of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] or of the [[Tokugawa clan]]. In addition, the authors and publishers were obligated to include their real names in the [[colophon]] (''okutsuke'') at the ends of their books. This represents the first extensive system of surveillance and censorship of publishing implemented.
*Four [[waterworks]] channels in Edo are taken out of use, leaving the Tamagawa and Kanda channels providing water to the city.
*Four [[waterworks]] channels in Edo are taken out of use, leaving the Tamagawa and Kanda channels providing water to the city.
