Difference between revisions of "1590"

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Tenshô 18 (天正十八年)

1590/3 Toyotomi troops begin invading the Kantô.
1590/4 Toyotomi Hideyoshi lays siege to the Hôjô family at Odawara castle (Sagami province), employing over 200,000 troops in the effort.
1590/7/11 Odawara capitulates; Hôjô Ujimasa commits suicide.
1590/8/1 Tokugawa Ieyasu arrives at Edo castle, his new headquarters. The Tokugawa clan is completely relocated to the Kantô over the course of the next twelve months.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Kakizaki Yoshihiro formally receive and meet with the Ezo (Ainu) island chief.
The first four Japanese to travel to Europe return to Japan, having left in 1582 to meet with Pope Gregory XIII. They bring with them a printing press, and movable type blocks for both hiragana and kanji.
The Koishikawa channel is constructed, the first major waterworks project in Edo.

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 *[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] formally receive and meet with the [[Ezo]] ([[Ainu]]) island chief.
 *The first four Japanese to travel to Europe return to Japan, having left in [[1582]] to meet with Pope Gregory XIII. They bring with them a printing press, and movable type blocks for both ''hiragana'' and ''kanji''.
+*The Koishikawa channel is constructed, the first major waterworks project in Edo.
 ===Births and Deaths of 1590===