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Keichô 10 (慶長十年)

==Timeline of 1605==
*1605/3 Korean envoys [[Samyeongdang]] and [[Son Munik]] meet with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] at [[Fushimi castle]]; they meet as well with shogunal advisors [[Honda Masanobu]] and [[Saisho Shotai|Saishô Shôtai]].
*1605/4/16 [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] is named [[shogun]], though his father [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Ieyasu]] continues to wield actual power.
*1605/10 Map of the provinces and record of municipalities are created.

==Other Events of 1605==
*An earthquake strikes the [[Tokai|Tôkai]] region.
*Hidetada journeys to Kyoto.
*Construction is completed on [[Kodai-ji|Kôdai-ji]] in Kyoto; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and his wife [[Kodai-In|Kôdai-in]] are buried there.
*[[Konoe Nobusuke]] is named [[Kampaku]] and adopted as son and heir to [[Emperor Go-Yozei|Emperor Go-Yôzei]].
*[[Maeda Toshinaga]] retires in favor of his brother [[Maeda Toshitsune|Toshitsune]].
*Sweet potatoes are introduced to [[Okinawa]] by [[Noguni Sokan|Noguni Sôkan]].
*The Buddhist monk [[Taichu|Taichû]]<!--袋中--> returns to Japan after two years in Ryûkyû, and completes his ''[[Ryukyu Shinto ki|Ryûkyû Shintô ki]]'', an account of traditional [[Ryukyuan religion]] which also marks the invention of the myth of [[Minamoto no Tametomo]] as ancestor to the Ryukyuan royal line.
*[[Jacob Quaeckernaeck]], captain of the ''[[Liefde]]'', obtains a ''[[shuinjo|shuinjô]]'', and departs Japan aboard a ship provided by the lord of Hirado.
*[[wako|Japanese pirates]] attack a British ship off Pattani, and kill the captain, John David.
*[[Okuni]] and her proto-[[kabuki]] troupe perform in Edo.
*A number of brothels are moved from the Ôhashi / Yanagi-chô area to Seiganji-mae to make room for the expansion of [[Edo castle]].
*A [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China|Ryukyuan tribute mission]] on its way back from China becomes shipwrecked in [[Hirado]].
*[[Yamauchi Kazutoyo]] dies and is succeeded as lord of [[Tosa han]] by his nephew, [[Yamauchi Tadayoshi]].
*A hall of worship is completed at [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]].

===Births and Deaths===
*[[Gamo Tadamoto|Gamô Tadamoto]] is born (d. 1634).
*[[Hanabusa Masayuki]] dies (b. 1524).
*[[Mikumo Shigemochi]] dies.
*[[Otomo Yoshimune|Ôtomo Yoshimune]], last head of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]], dies.
*[[Terashima Morinori]] dies.
*[[Tokugawa Nobuyoshi]] dies.
*[[Tokugawa Tadateru]] dies (b. 1583).
*Yamauchi Kazutoyo dies (b. 1546).
*[[Yui Shosetsu|Yui Shôsetsu]], leader of the [[Keian Uprising]], is born (d. 1651).

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