1604

Keichô 9 (慶長九年)

Other Events

• The itowappu system is established, by which the Tokugawa shogunate grants monopolistic privileges in certain aspects of commerce to select Japanese and Portuguese merchants.

Births and Deaths

• 1604/8/12 Tokugawa Iemitsu, third Tokugawa shogun, is born (d. 1651).

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