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*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] formally receive and meet with the [[Ezo]] ([[Ainu]]) island chief.
 
*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] formally receive and meet with the [[Ezo]] ([[Ainu]]) island chief.
 
*The first four Japanese to travel to Europe return to Japan, having left in [[1582]] to meet with Pope Gregory XIII. They bring with them a printing press, and movable type blocks for both ''hiragana'' and ''kanji''.
 
*The first four Japanese to travel to Europe return to Japan, having left in [[1582]] to meet with Pope Gregory XIII. They bring with them a printing press, and movable type blocks for both ''hiragana'' and ''kanji''.
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*The Koishikawa channel is constructed, the first major waterworks project in Edo.
    
===Births and Deaths of 1590===
 
===Births and Deaths of 1590===
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