1683 in Japan
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Events in the year1683 in Japan.
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[edit]- 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 ofEdo(present day Tokyo). Oshichi was later caught and punished for her crime by being burned at the stake. (TraditionalJapanese Date:Twenty-eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1682)
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