Kyōhō gannen(享保元年,Kyōhō gannen?); 1716: The era name of Kyōhō (meaning "Undergoing and Supporting") was created in response to the death of Tokugawa Ietsugu. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Shōtoku 6, on the 22nd day of the 6th month.
Kyōhō 3 (1718): The bakufu repaired the Imperial mausolea.[2]
Kyōhō 6, in the 8th month (1718): The bakufu established a petition-box (目安箱,meyasubako?) at the office of the machi-bugyō in Heian-kyō.[2]
Kyōhō 6 (1721): Edo population of 1.1 million is world's largest city.[3]
Kyōhō 15 (1730): The Tokugawa shogunate officially recognizes the Dojima Rice Market in Osaka; and bakufu supervisors (nengyoji) are appointed to monitor the market and to collect taxes.[4] The transactions relating to rice exchanges developed into securities exchanges, used primarily for transactions in public securities.[5] The development of improved agriculture production caused the price of rice to fall in mid-Kyohō.[6]
Kyōhō 15, on the 20th day of the 6th month (August 3, 1730): A fire broke out in Muromachi and 3,790 houses were burnt. Over 30,000 looms in Nishi-jin were destroyed. The bakufu distributed rice.[2]
Kyōhō 17 (1732): The Kyōhō famine was the consequence after swarms of locusts devastated crops in agricultural communities around the inland sea.[7]
References
^ Bowman, John Stewart. (2000). Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture, p. 142.
^ abc Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869, p. 320.
^ Foreign Press Center. (1997). Japan: Eyes on the Country, Views of the 47 Prefectures, p. 127.
^ Adams, Thomas. (1953). Japanese Securities Markets: A Historical Survey, p. 11.
