1634

Kan'ei 11 (寛永十一年)

Timeline of 1634

• 1634/1/29 Bakufu names 6 Daimyo to be commanders of firefighting in Edo.(Daimyo Hikeshi)
• 1634/5/1 Kyûan exiled to Hachijo-jima.
• 1634/6/20 Iemitsu leaves for Kyoto.
• 1634/int7/9 Shimazu Iehisa with envoys from Ryûkyû meet with Iemitsu at Nijo castle.
• 1634/int7/23 A part of Edo castle burns down.
• 1634/8/4 Bakufu orders Fudai Daimyo's wives and children to live within Edo.
• 1634/11/7 Duel at Kagiya no tsuji.

Other Events of 1634

• The Ichimura-za opens as the second licensed kabuki theater in Edo.
• Kyôgoku Tadataka, daimyô of Obama han, moved to Matsue han.
• Construction of Jôrakuden at Nagoya castle is completed in anticipation of the visit of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Iemitsu spends two nights at this palatial hall before continuing on to Kyoto. This is the last shogunal visit to Kyoto before the bakumatsu period.
• Sakai Tadakatsu, daimyô of Kawagoe han, moved to Obama han.
• Ryukyuan embassy to Edo.
• Limits are placed on overseas correspondence and commerce.
• Hyôjôsho is established.
• Construction is begun on Tsukijima in Nagasaki; the island will later be renamed Dejima.

Births and Deaths

• Hotta Masatoshi, future Tairô, born (d. 1684).
• Kimotsuki Kaneaki dies (b. 1558).

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