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==Other Events of 1604==

==Other Events of 1604==

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

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

* [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] detains a group of Ryukyuan castaways who became shipwrecked in the [[Koshiki Islands]] off [[Satsuma-sendai]].

* [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] detains a group of Ryukyuan castaways who became shipwrecked in the [[Koshiki Islands]] off [[Satsumasendai]].

* The shogunate issues the first ''[[shuinjo|shuinjô]]'' (vermillion seal licenses) to authorize traders' activities in Southeast Asia, Korea, and elsewhere.

* The shogunate issues the first ''[[shuinjo|shuinjô]]'' (vermillion seal licenses) to authorize traders' activities in Southeast Asia, Korea, and elsewhere.

* The shogunate issues edicts formally announcing the beginnings of plans to assimilate and annex [[Ezo]] (Hokkaidô). The [[Matsumae clan]] of [[Matsumae han]], the only domain on the island, is granted exclusive trading rights with the [[Ainu]] in exchange for undertaking various responsibilities regarding the administration of the island and its native inhabitants.

* The shogunate issues edicts formally announcing the beginnings of plans to assimilate and annex [[Ezo]] (Hokkaidô). The [[Matsumae clan]] of [[Matsumae han]], the only domain on the island, is granted exclusive trading rights with the [[Ainu]] in exchange for undertaking various responsibilities regarding the administration of the island and its native inhabitants.