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* 1590/4 [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] lays siege to the [[Hojo clan|Hôjô]] family at [[Odawara castle]] ([[Sagami province]]), employing over 200,000 troops in the effort.
* 1590/4 [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] lays siege to the [[Hojo clan|Hôjô]] family at [[Odawara castle]] ([[Sagami province]]), employing over 200,000 troops in the effort.
* 1590/7/11 Odawara capitulates; [[Hojo Ujimasa|Hôjô Ujimasa]] commits suicide.
* 1590/7/11 Odawara capitulates; [[Hojo Ujimasa|Hôjô Ujimasa]] commits suicide.
* 1590/7/21 A Korean mission numbering around 300 people stays at the [[Daitoku-ji]].
* 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.
* 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.
==Other Events of 1590==
==Other Events of 1590==
*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] formally receive and meet with the [[Ezo]] ([[Ainu]]) island chief.
*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] formally receive and meet with the [[Ezo]] ([[Ainu]]) island chief.
*Hideyoshi demands [[tribute]] from Korea. [[Tsushima]] suggests that Korea send a mission in congratulations for Hideyoshi's unification of Japan; the mission arrives in the 7th month.
*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''.
*The Koishikawa channel is constructed, the first major [[waterworks]] project in Edo.
*The Koishikawa channel is constructed, the first major [[waterworks]] project in Edo.
