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*Shogunal post of ''[[Shumon kaiyaku|Shûmon kaiyaku]]'' is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. ''[[O-metsuke|Ô-metsuke]]'' [[Inoue Masashige]] is the first appointed to the post. | *Shogunal post of ''[[Shumon kaiyaku|Shûmon kaiyaku]]'' is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. ''[[O-metsuke|Ô-metsuke]]'' [[Inoue Masashige]] is the first appointed to the post. | ||
| + | *57 of approximately 70 Portuguese sailors who sailed from Macao to Japan bearing gifts in an attempt to regain Portuguese trading and missionary rights in Japan are executed. | ||
*Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan. | *Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan. | ||
*[[Shimabara, Kyoto|Shimabara pleasure district]] in Kyoto is established. | *[[Shimabara, Kyoto|Shimabara pleasure district]] in Kyoto is established. | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 24 June 2011
Kan'ei 17 (寛永十七年)
Timeline of 1640
Other Events
- Shogunal post of Shûmon kaiyaku is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. Ô-metsuke Inoue Masashige is the first appointed to the post.
- 57 of approximately 70 Portuguese sailors who sailed from Macao to Japan bearing gifts in an attempt to regain Portuguese trading and missionary rights in Japan are executed.
- Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan.
- Shimabara pleasure district in Kyoto is established.
- Ban on onna-kabuki is reissued.
- The shogunate forbids the Yoshiwara to operate at night.
- Shogunate begins using nengô (Japanese era names) in correspondence with China, indicating a lessened acknowledgment of Chinese authority or centrality.
| Previous Year 1639 |
1640 | Following Year 1641 |
