*The shogunate bans non-samurai from carrying swords.
*The shogunate bans non-samurai from carrying swords.
*[[Korean embassy]] meets with Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] in Kyoto.
*[[Korean embassy]] meets with Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] in Kyoto.
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*[[Kano Tanyu|Kanô Tan'yû]] is named official court painter of the ''bakufu'', marking the beginning of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] holding this position as official court painters.
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*[[Kano Tanyu|Kanô Tan'yû]] is named official court painter of the ''bakufu''.
*Construction begins on Nishimaru Palace at [[Nagoya castle]], after the ''honmaru'' is deemed too small for the needs of Lord [[Tokugawa Yoshinao]] and his family.
*Construction begins on Nishimaru Palace at [[Nagoya castle]], after the ''honmaru'' is deemed too small for the needs of Lord [[Tokugawa Yoshinao]] and his family.
*[[Satsuma han]] issues an edict banning Ryukyuans from adopting Japanese-style clothing, hairstyles, or beards.
*[[Satsuma han]] issues an edict banning Ryukyuans from adopting Japanese-style clothing, hairstyles, or beards.
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*Tokugawa Ieyasu is interred at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].
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*[[Shimazu Iehisa]] is granted the [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira]] name, and is granted a formal document (''[[hanmotsu]]'') officially affirming him in his lands. The ''[[kokudaka]]'' of Satsuma han is set at more than 605,600 ''[[koku]]''.
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*Six samurai from [[Sendai han|Sendai]] settle in Spain and marry Spanish women.
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*Tokugawa Ieyasu's remains are moved from [[Kunozan Toshogu|Kunôzan Tôshôgû]] in [[Sunpu]], and are re-interred at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].