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==Other Events==
 
==Other Events==
 
*Shogunal post of ''[[Shumon kaiyaku|Shûmon kaiyaku]]'' is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. ''[[O-metsuke|Ô-metsuke]]'' [[Inoue Masashige]] is the first appointed to the post.
 
*Shogunal post of ''[[Shumon kaiyaku|Shûmon kaiyaku]]'' is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. ''[[O-metsuke|Ô-metsuke]]'' [[Inoue Masashige]] is the first appointed to the post.
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*57 of approximately 70 Portuguese sailors who sailed from Macao to Japan bearing gifts in an attempt to regain Portuguese trading and missionary rights in Japan are executed.
 
*Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan.
 
*Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan.
 
*[[Shimabara, Kyoto|Shimabara pleasure district]] in Kyoto is established.
 
*[[Shimabara, Kyoto|Shimabara pleasure district]] in Kyoto is established.

Revision as of 11:04, 24 June 2011

Kan'ei 17 (寛永十七年)

Timeline of 1640

Other Events

  • Shogunal post of Shûmon kaiyaku is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. Ô-metsuke Inoue Masashige is the first appointed to the post.
  • 57 of approximately 70 Portuguese sailors who sailed from Macao to Japan bearing gifts in an attempt to regain Portuguese trading and missionary rights in Japan are executed.
  • Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan.
  • Shimabara pleasure district in Kyoto is established.
  • Ban on onna-kabuki is reissued.
  • The shogunate forbids the Yoshiwara to operate at night.
  • Shogunate begins using nengô (Japanese era names) in correspondence with China, indicating a lessened acknowledgment of Chinese authority or centrality.
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