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==Timeline of 1639== | ==Timeline of 1639== | ||
| + | *1639/7/5 (August 4) The final of the [[kaikin|maritime restrictions]] are put into place. 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. | ||
| − | ==Other Events== | + | ==Other Events of 1639== |
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*[[Hongan-ji]] school is established in [[Kyoto]]; these grounds are today Ryûkoku University. | *[[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. | *Reconstruction efforts are completed on [[Matsumae castle]], which was destroyed two years previous. | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 2 May 2011
Kan'ei 16 (寛永十六年)
Timeline of 1639
- 1639/7/5 (August 4) The final of the maritime restrictions are put into place. 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.
Other Events of 1639
- 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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