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*Reconstruction efforts are completed on [[Matsumae castle]], which was destroyed two years previous. | *Reconstruction efforts are completed on [[Matsumae castle]], which was destroyed two years previous. | ||
*[[Maeda Toshitsune]] retires as daimyô of [[Kaga han]], and is succeeded by his son [[Maeda Mitsumasa]]. | *[[Maeda Toshitsune]] retires as daimyô of [[Kaga han]], and is succeeded by his son [[Maeda Mitsumasa]]. | ||
| + | *Eleven managers of bathhouses and other [[Yoshiwara]] operations are crucified outside the Great Gate of the district for illegal activities committed outside the quarter. | ||
===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
Revision as of 04:36, 9 February 2010
Kan'ei 16 (寛永十六年)
Timeline of 1639
Other Events
- All Westerners are banned from Japan, except for the Dutch, who are restricted to Hirado. Roughly 30 Japanese women and their children by Dutch or British men leave for Batavia.
- Hongan-ji school is established in Kyoto; these grounds are today Ryûkoku University.
- Reconstruction efforts are completed on Matsumae castle, which was destroyed two years previous.
- Maeda Toshitsune retires as daimyô of Kaga han, and is succeeded by his son Maeda Mitsumasa.
- Eleven managers of bathhouses and other Yoshiwara operations are crucified outside the Great Gate of the district for illegal activities committed outside the quarter.
Births and Deaths
- Kuroda Tadamasa dies (b. 1612).
- Ôkubo Tadataka dies (b. 1560).
- Ôtomo Yoshinobu dies.
- Taira Shigesuke, author of Bushidô Shôshinshû, is born (d. 1730).
- Uesugi Tsunakatsu, daimyô of Yonezawa, is born (d. 1664).
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