*First Spanish trading ships arrive at [[Hirado]].
*First Spanish trading ships arrive at [[Hirado]].
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*[[Kano Eitoku|Kanô Eitoku]] and members of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] produce paintings to decorate [[Osaka castle]].
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*Hideyoshi orders a land survey of [[Omi province|Ômi province]]; his ''[[Taiko kenchi|Taikô kenchi]]'' ("The Taikô's Land Survey") enters its mature phase.
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*Hideyoshi orders all ''daimyô'' to construct mansions in [[Osaka]], where they can attend upon him and where he can keep an eye on them.