*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 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''. |