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| ==Timeline of 1608== | | ==Timeline of 1608== |
− | *1608/8 [[Ichiki Obusei]], [[Murao Shosei|Murao Shôsei]], and the Buddhist priest [[Daijiji Seiin Osho]] travel to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] as representatives of [[Satsuma han]], seeking Ryûkyû's submission to [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] and [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] authority. | + | *1608/8 [[Ichiki Obusei]], [[Murao Shosei|Murao Shôsei]], and the Buddhist priest [[Daijiji Seiin]] travel to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] as representatives of [[Satsuma han]], seeking Ryûkyû's submission to [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] and [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] authority. |
| *1608/9/19 [[Shimazu Iehisa]] is commanded by the shogun to pacify Ryûkyû. | | *1608/9/19 [[Shimazu Iehisa]] is commanded by the shogun to pacify Ryûkyû. |
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− | ==Other Events== | + | ==Other Events of 1608== |
| *The golden tea room of [[Fushimi castle]] is moved to Kyoto. | | *The golden tea room of [[Fushimi castle]] is moved to Kyoto. |
| *[[Iwakuni castle]] is built by [[Kikkawa Hiroie]]. | | *[[Iwakuni castle]] is built by [[Kikkawa Hiroie]]. |
| + | *Shimazu Iehisa issues the ''Ryûkyû tokai no gunshû go-hatto no jôjô'', a series of orders or policies for his retainers to observe in their [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]] the following year. |
| + | *[[Saga-bon]] begin to be published. |
| + | *Construction is begun on the [[Takasegawa canal]] in Kyoto (completed [[1611]]). |
| + | *The [[telescope]] is invented in Holland. |
| + | *[[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] orders [[kabuki]] out of [[Suruga province]]. |
| + | *The Vatican reverses an earlier papal bull which had granted the [[Society of Jesus]] exclusive authority to proselytize in Japan; all Catholic orders are now permitted to do so. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *[[Kano Mitsunobu|Kanô Mitsunobu]], painter, dies (b. 1561). | | *[[Kano Mitsunobu|Kanô Mitsunobu]], painter, dies (b. 1561). |
| *[[Koriki Kiyonaga]], ''[[bugyo|bugyô]]'' of Mikawa, dies (b. 1530). | | *[[Koriki Kiyonaga]], ''[[bugyo|bugyô]]'' of Mikawa, dies (b. 1530). |
| + | *[[Nakae Toju|Nakae Tôjû]] is born (d. [[1648]]). |
| *[[Sanada Masayuki]] dies (b. 1544). | | *[[Sanada Masayuki]] dies (b. 1544). |
| *[[Tokugawa Tadayoshi]] dies (b. 1580). | | *[[Tokugawa Tadayoshi]] dies (b. 1580). |