1634

Kan'ei 11 (寛永十一年)

Timeline of 1634

1634/1/29 Bakufu names 6 Daimyo to be commanders of firefighting in Edo.(Daimyo Hikeshi)
1634/5/1 Kyûan exiled to Hachijo-jima.
1634/6/20 Iemitsu departs Edo for Kyoto with a retinue of 307,000 men, in order to attend celebrations of the ascension of his niece, Empress Meishô.
1634/7/4 Iemitsu arrives in Nagoya.
1634/7/6 Iemitsu departs Nagoya for Kyoto.
1634/int7/9 Shimazu Iehisa and envoys from Ryûkyû meet with Iemitsu at Nijô castle.
1634/int7/23 A part of Edo castle burns down.
1634/8/4 Bakufu orders Fudai Daimyo's wives and children to live within Edo.
1634/11/7 Duel at Kagiya no tsuji.

Hyôjôsho is established.
The Ichimura-za opens as the second licensed kabuki theater in Edo.
Kyôgoku Tadataka, daimyô of Obama han, moved to Matsue han.
Construction of Jôrakuden at Nagoya castle is completed in anticipation of the visit of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Iemitsu meets with Emperor Go-Mizunoo and declines the offer of the title of daijô daijin. This is the last shogunal visit to Kyoto before the bakumatsu period.
Reconstruction efforts begin at Nikkô Tôshôgû.
Sakai Tadakatsu, daimyô of Kawagoe han, moved to Obama han.
Prince Sashiki Chôeki leads a Ryukyuan embassy to Kyoto. This is generally recognized as the first of eighteen official Ryukyuan embassies to the shogunate sent during the Edo period.
The kokudaka of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, just over 89,000 koku, begins to be counted as part of the kokudaka of Satsuma han.
Limits are placed on overseas correspondence and commerce.
The Manchu rulers establish a system of civil exams in Manchu, Mongol, and Chinese languages, based on the Ming Dynasty model of Chinese imperial examinations.
Construction is begun on Tsukijima in Nagasaki; the island will later be renamed Dejima.
Senior councilors take on the responsibility for overseeing the affairs of daimyo and their retainers while in Edo.
Zôjô-ji is refurbished.

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