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1683 in Japan
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1683
Events in the year 1683 in Japan.
Incumbents
Monarch: Reigen
Shogun: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
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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