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*1623/9/20 [[Kano Sadanobu|Kanô Sadanobu]], head of the Kanô school of artists, dies. | *1623/9/20 [[Kano Sadanobu|Kanô Sadanobu]], head of the Kanô school of artists, dies. | ||
*[[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] is born (d. [[1696]]). | *[[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] is born (d. [[1696]]). | ||
| + | *[[Sakai Tadakiyo]] is born (d. [[1681]]). | ||
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Genna 9 (元和九年)
Timeline of 1623
- 1623/int.8 Territory under the Imperial Household is expanded by 10,000 koku to roughly 20,000 koku.
- 1623/11 British East India Company factory at Hirado is closed; British leave Japan.
Other Events of 1623
- Amboyna massacre in Dutch East Indies; twenty men in the service of the British East India Company are executed by the Dutch East India Company.
- Gima Shinjô sends two young Okinawan students to China to study sugar processing. Sugar cane plantations first begin to take off.
- Injo ascends to the Korean throne (reigns until 1649).
- Kanô Yasunobu becomes head of the Kanô school of painters.
- The third volume of the Omoro Sôshi is compiled.
- Satsuma han comes to more fully control the Amami Islands, and forbids local Amami officials from interacting with those of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû.
- Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada abdicates in favor of Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Births and Deaths
- 1623/9/20 Kanô Sadanobu, head of the Kanô school of artists, dies.
- Empress Meishô is born (d. 1696).
- Sakai Tadakiyo is born (d. 1681).
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