Kyōhō

Change of era

• 1716 Kyōhō gannen: The era name of Kyōhō 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.

  Events of the ''Kyōhō'' era

• 1717 : Kyōhō reforms are directed and overseen by Shōgun Yoshimune.
• 1718 : The bakufu repaired the Imperial mausolea.
• 1718 : The bakufu established a petition-box at the office of the machi-bugyō in Heian-kyō.
• 1720 : The 26th High Priest of Nichiren Shōshū, Nichikan Shōnin, who is considered a great reformer of the sect, inscribed the Gohonzon which the lay Buddhist organisation SGI uses to bestow upon its members, after the Nichiren Shōshū priesthood, under the leadership of 67th High Priest Nikken, refused to do so.
• 1721 : Edo population of 1.1 million is world's largest city.
• 1730 : The Tokugawa shogunate officially recognizes the Dojima Rice Market in Osaka; and bakufu supervisors are appointed to monitor the market and to collect taxes. The transactions relating to rice exchanges developed into securities exchanges, used primarily for transactions in public securities. The development of improved agriculture production caused the price of rice to fall in mid-Kyohō.
• 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.
• 1732 : The Kyōhō famine was the consequence after swarms of locusts devastated crops in agricultural communities around the inland sea.
• 1733 : Ginseng grown in Japan begins to be available in the Japanese food markets.
• 1735 : Sweet potatoes were introduced into the Japanese diet.