Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 1732 – 1733
- Art
- Hungersnot
- Koordinaten
- 35.00° N, 136.00° E
- Description
- famine which affected Japan during the Edo period
- Deaths
- 169000
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Kyōhō famine
1732–1733 famine in Kyushu, Japan during the Edo period
The Kyōhō famine, was a famine on the Japanese island of Kyushu during the reign of Emperor Nakamikado in the Edo period. It is estimated that 12,172-169,000 people died from starvation. The famine, named after the Kyōhō era (1716–1736), is considered to have begun in 1732 and lasted until 1733. The ruling shōgun during the famine was Tokugawa Yoshimune.
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