1617
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Genna 3 (元和三年)
Timeline of 1617
- 1617/3/17 (April 22) William Adams arrives in Hoi An in Vietnam.
- 1617/3/19 (April 24) The Japanese interpreter for the leader of Quang Nam meets with William Adams.
Other Events of 1617
- Korean embassy journeys to Edo.
- Kanô Tan'yû is named official court painter of the bakufu.
- The shogunate grants permission to establish a pleasure district in Edo.
Births and Deaths
- 1617/6/7 Rôjû Honda Masanobu dies (b. 1538)
- 1617/8/26 Emperor Go-Yôzei dies (b. 1572)
- Ryukyuan scholar-bureaucrat Shô Shôken is born.
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