Genna 5 (元和五年)

Timeline of 1619

  • 1619/5/15 Tokugawa shogunate bans Ronin and Chonin (townspeople) from living in the Buke (warrior) residential area.
  • 1619/8 Osaka is put directly under control of the Bakufu.
  • 1619/8/29 60 Christians executed in Kyoto.
  • 1619/12/26 The Bakufu bans human trafficking.

Other Events of 1619

  • The Bakufu establishes a barrier (sekisho) on the Tôkaidô highway in the mountain of Hakone to control the western entrance to the Kantô Plain.

Births and Deaths


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