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Genna 3 (元和三年)

==Timeline of 1617==
*1617/2/21 [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] is deified as ''Tôshô Daigongen''.
*1617/3 The shogunate authorizes construction of a licensed quarters at Fukiya-chô.
*1617/3 Construction begins on a shogunal mausoleum at [[Nikko|Nikkô]].
*1617/3/17 (April 22) [[William Adams]] arrives in [[Hoi An]] in Vietnam.
*1617/3/19 (April 24) The Japanese interpreter for the leader of [[Quang Nam]] meets with William Adams.

==Other Events of 1617==
*The shogunate bans non-samurai from carrying swords.
*[[Korean embassy]] meets with Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] in Kyoto.
*[[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.
*[[Satsuma han]] issues an edict banning Ryukyuans from adopting Japanese-style clothing, hairstyles, or beards.
*[[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]]''.
*Six samurai from [[Sendai han|Sendai]] settle in Spain and marry Spanish women.
*Tokugawa Ieyasu's remains are moved from [[Kunozan Toshogu|Kunôzan Tôshôgû]] in [[Sunpu]], and are re-interred at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].

===Births and Deaths===
*1617/6/7 ''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Honda Masanobu]] dies (b. [[1538]])
*1617/8/26 [[Emperor Go-Yozei|Emperor Go-Yôzei]] dies (b. [[1572]])
*1617/10/23 Painter [[Tosa Mitsuoki]] is born (d. [[1691]])
*[[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] scholar-bureaucrat [[Sho Shoken|Shô Shôken]] is born.


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