1443

Kakitsu 3 (嘉吉三年)

Other Events of 1443

• Ashikaga Yoshikatsu is succeeded as shogun by Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
• An official envoy from Korea is kidnapped in the Seto Inland Sea on his way back from the capital.
• King Sejong introduces the Korean phonetic alphabet Hangeul.
• The number of ships sent by Tsushima annually to Korea is increased from the previously standard twenty-five to fifty by the Kakitsu Treaty (K: Gyehae Treaty).

Births and Deaths

• Shogun Ashikaga Yoshikatsu dies.
• Zeami dies (b. 1363).

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