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==Other Events of 1590== | ==Other Events of 1590== | ||
*[[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. | + | *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 moveable type blocks for both ''hiragana'' and ''kanji''. |
===Births and Deaths of 1590=== | ===Births and Deaths of 1590=== | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 17 January 2010
Tenshô 18 (天正十八年)
Timeline of 1590
- 1590/3 Toyotomi troops begin invading the Kanto.
- 1590/4 Toyotomi Hideyoshi lays siege to the Hôjô family at Odawara castle (Sagami province), employing over 200,000 troops in the effort.
- 1590/7/11 Odawara capitulates; Hôjô Ujimasa commits suicide.
- 1590/8/1 Tokugawa Ieyasu arrives at Edo castle, his new headquarters. The Tokugawa clan is completly relocated to the Kanto over the course of the next twelve months.
Other Events of 1590
- 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 moveable type blocks for both hiragana and kanji.
Births and Deaths of 1590
- Naganuma Morihide dies.
- Noted painter Kanô Eitoku (b.1543) dies.
| Previous Year 1589 |
1590 | Following Year 1591 |
