* The shogunate begins authorizing ''nakama'' guild groups to become ''[[kabunakama]]'', overseeing the organization and trade within given trades (fields of work). In Kyoto, guilds of scholarly book wholesalers (''shomotsu doiya nakama'') and of wholesalers of woodblock prints and popular fiction (''jihon doiya nakama''), are formed. | * The shogunate begins authorizing ''nakama'' guild groups to become ''[[kabunakama]]'', overseeing the organization and trade within given trades (fields of work). In Kyoto, guilds of scholarly book wholesalers (''shomotsu doiya nakama'') and of wholesalers of woodblock prints and popular fiction (''jihon doiya nakama''), are formed. |