1683 in Japan

  • 1682
  • 1681
  • 1680
1683
in
Japan

Decades:
  • 1660s
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
See also:Other events of 1683
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Events in the year 1683 in Japan.

Incumbents

Events

  • January 25 - Yaoya Oshichi sets fire to her home in the hopes of being able to meet a young priest with whom she fell in love while seeking shelter from a previous fire. The fire destroyed a large section of Edo (present day Tokyo). Oshichi was later caught and punished for her crime by being burned at the stake. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1682)



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