1610

Keichô 15 (慶長十五年)

Timeline of 1610

• 1610/1/9 Ieyasu orders daimyo to build Nagoya castle.
• 1610/5/4 Hidetada allows commerce with Mexico.
• 1610/7 Shimazu Iehisa brings envoy from Vietnam to Sunpu.
• 1610/8/14 King of Ryûkyû Shô Nei visits Ieyasu at Sunpu.
• 1610/9 Inadome Ichimu teaches Inadomeryû Hôjutsu to Ieyasu and Hidetada.

Other Events of 1610

• San Buena Ventura journeys to Nueva España (Mexico).
• Ayutthaya suppresses a rebellion of Japanese traders and a Laotian invasion. Ekothotsarat is succeeded by Songtham, who encourages trade with Japan and establishes a Japanese royal guard.
• Japanese pirates allegedly attack and kill Temple Peadock, an Englishman in Cham territory. The King of Cambodia writes to the shogun to complain about such attacks.
• The shogunate sends a letter to the Ming court, seeking to normalize relations.

Births and Deaths

• Painter Hasegawa Tôhaku dies (b. 1539).

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