1626
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Kan'ei 3 (寛永三年)
Timeline of 1626
Other Events
- Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu journeys to Kyoto.
- Three years of renovations on Nijô castle, including the creation of fusuma paintings by Kanô Tan'yû come to an end.
- Ishin Sûden, shogunal foreign affairs advisor, is named Enshô Honkô Kokushi by Emperor Go-Mizunoo.
- Shimazu Tadatsune is named Chûnagon.
- Oze Hoan writes the Taikô-ki, a biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
- A Japanese Christian mission is established in Tonkin.
Births and Deaths
- Godai Tomoyoshi, Shimazu clan retainer, dies (b. 1539).
- Christian daimyo Naitô Joan dies.
- Nose Yoritsugu, retainer to Mitsuhide and Hideyoshi, dies (b. 1562).
- Tokugawa Mitsusada is born (d. 1705).
- Wakizaka Yasuharu, one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, dies (b. 1554).
- Yamana Toyokuni, lord of Inaba, dies (b. 1548).
- Yamaoka Shigekage, Date clan retainer, dies (b. 1544).
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