1587

Tenshô 15 (天正十五年)

Timeline of 1587

• Tenshô 14/12/19 (27 Jan 1587) Toyotomi Hideyoshi accepts the title of Daijô Daijin, becoming only the third warrior (after Taira Kiyomori and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu) to hold this title.
• 1587/3
  • Toyotomi Hidenaga leads the main Toyotomi army into Kyûshû.
  • The Shimazu occupy Funai (Bungo province) but quickly abandon the city before the Toyotomi army.
• 1587/4 Toyotomi Hideyoshi leads another army onto Kyûshû, increasing the overall Toyotomi strength to nearly 170,000 men.
• 1587/5 Hideyoshi defeats the Shimazu at the Battle of the Sendai River.
  • The Shimazu surrender. Yoshihisa is forced to retire but his family retains Satsuma, Osumi, and part of Hyuga.
• 1587/5/23 Ôtomo Sôrin dies.
• 1587/6/19 Hideyoshi issues first Christian Expulsion edict.
• 1587/7/14 Hideyoshi returns to Kyoto from Kyûshû.
• 1587/7/29 The invitation to the Grand Kitano Tea Ceremony is promulgated.
• 1587/9/13 Hideyoshi moves into the Jurakudai.
• 1587/9/17 The Spanish ship Buena Esperanza arrives in Mexico, having traveled directly there from Macao. A Japanese man on board may be the first Japanese to ever set foot in the Americas.
• 1587/10/1 Toyotomi Hideyoshi holds the Grand Kitano Tea Ceremony.

Other Events of 1587

• Bashôfu is listed as a tribute good for the first time.
• Kanamori Nagachika destroys Anegakoji Koretsuna of Hida after the latter defies Hideyoshi.
• Shô Nei succeeds his father Shô Ei as king of Ryûkyû.
• Hideyoshi builds the Jurakudai, commissioning paintings from Kanô Eitoku and his school.
• Hideyoshi begins construction on the Senjôkaku on Miyajima. Following Hideyoshi's death in 1598, the building is never completed.

Births and Deaths

• 1587/11/10 Ryukyuan scholar-official Sai Ken dies at the Huitong-guan in Beijing.
• Kyushu daimyô Ôtomo Sôrin dies. (b. 1530)
• Christian daimyô Omura Sumitada dies (b. 1533).
• Sakai Tadakatsu is born (d. 1662).

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