1509

Eishô 6 (永正六年)

Other Events of 1509

• Battle of Ichiburi: Nagao Tamekage defeats Uesugi Sadanori.
• The hachimaki and kanzashi systems of court rank are established in the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, along with a class system.
• Henry VIII takes the throne in England.
• Shô Iko, Prince of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, takes up residence in Urasoe castle.
• The Sô clan of Tsushima sends an imposter envoy to Korea claiming to be representing Ise-no-kami Masachika (a fictional shogunal vassal). The envoy carries an ivory tally borrowed possibly from the Ôuchi clan, or the Ôtomo clan.
• A Portuguese fleet under Lopes de Sequiera becomes the first European set of ships to visit Southeast Asia.

Births and Deaths

• Hoshino Masatoshi (d. 1593), Takeda and Tokugawa retainer, is born.
• Naoe Kagetsuna (d. 1577), Uesugi clan retainer, is born.
• Chinese painter Shen Zhou dies (b. 1427).

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