1610

Keichô 15 (慶長十五年)

Timeline of 1610

• 1610/1/9 Ieyasu orders daimyo to build Nagoya castle.
• 1610/5/4 Hidetada allows commerce with Mexico.
• 1610/7 Shimazu Iehisa brings envoy from Vietnam to Sunpu.
• 1610/8/16 King of Ryûkyû Shô Nei visits Ieyasu at Sunpu.
• 1610/8/18 Shô Nei departs Sunpu for Edo.
• 1610/8/25 Shô Nei arrives in Edo.
• 1610/9 Inadome Ichimu teaches Inadomeryû Hôjutsu to Ieyasu and Hidetada.
• 1610/9/3 Shô Nei and Shimazu Iehisa meet with Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada.

Other Events of 1610

• Emperor Go-Yôzei is succeeded by Emperor Go-Mizunoo.
• San Buena Ventura journeys to Nueva España (Mexico).
• Ayutthaya suppresses a rebellion of Japanese traders and a Laotian invasion. Ekothotsarat is succeeded by Songtham, who encourages trade with Japan and establishes a Japanese royal guard.
• Japanese pirates allegedly attack and kill Temple Peadock, an Englishman in Cham territory. The King of Cambodia writes to the shogun to complain about such attacks.
• Satsuma han begins a land survey of Ryûkyû (completed the following year).
• The shogunate expels Spanish and Portuguese missionaries.

Births and Deaths

• 1610/8/24 Prince Shô Kô dies (b. 1578).
• Painter Hasegawa Tôhaku dies (b. 1539).
• Hosokawa Fujitaka (Yûsai) dies (b. 1534).
• Komparu Ujikatsu dies.
• Kongô Katsuyoshi dies.
• Matteo Ricci dies (b. 1552).
• Illustrator Yamamoto Shunshô is born (d. 1682).

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