1623

Genna 9 (元和九年)

Timeline of 1623

• 1623/int.8 Territory under the Imperial Household is expanded by 10,000 koku to roughly 20,000 koku.
• 1623/11 British East India Company factory at Hirado is closed; British leave Japan.

Other Events

• Amboyna massacre in Dutch East Indies; twenty men in the service of the British East India Company are executed by the Dutch East India Company.
• The third volume of the Omoro Sôshi is compiled.
• Gima Shinjô sends two young Okinawan students to China to study sugar processing.
• Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada abdicates in favor of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

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