1590

Timeline of 1590

(Tenshô 18; 天正十八年)

• 1590/3 Toyotomi troops begin invading the Kanto.
• 1590/4 Toyotomi Hideyoshi lays siege to the Hôjô family at Odawara castle (Sagami province), employing over 200,000 troops in the effort.
• 1590/7/11 Odawara capitulates; Hôjô Ujimasa commits suicide.
• 1590/8/1 Tokugawa Ieyasu arrives at Edo castle, his new headquarters. The Tokugawa clan is completly relocated to the Kanto over the course of the next twelve months.

Other Events of 1590

• Noted painter Kano Eitoku (b.1543) dies.