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1538/10/7 HТjТ Ujitsuna defeats Satomi Yoshitaka and Ashikaga Yoshiaki at the First Battle of KТnodai in Musashi.
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Other Events of 1538
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King ShТ Sei sends a force to suppress resistance and further the conquest of Amami тshima.
[edit]
Births and Deaths
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Nabeshima Naoshige, first daimyТ of Arita han, is born (d. 1618).
1539
Tenmon 8 (????)
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Timeline of 1539
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1539/4 The тuchi clan assumes control of all 'official' trade with China.
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1539/5 Miyoshi ChТkei leads an army into Kyoto.
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Other Events of 1539
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Births and Deaths
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Hasegawa TТhaku is born (d. 1610).
1540
Tenmon 9 (????)
[edit]
Timeline of 1540
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1540/8 Amako Akihisa unsuccesfully attempts to capture MТri Motonari'sKoriyama castle in Aki province through siege.
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Other Events of 1540
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The тuchi clan sends a tribute mission to China, the first since the 1523Ningbo Incident.
1541
Tenmon 10 (????)
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Timeline of 1541
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1541/1/13 MТri Motonari and Sue Harukata defeat Amako Haruhisa.
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1541/6 Takeda Harunobu [Shingen] seizes power in Kai from his father, Nobutora. Nobutora is taken in by Imagawa Yoshimoto.
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Other Events of 1541
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The Kingdom of RyШkyШ sends its last mission to Pattani. Its only remaining trading partner in Southeast Asia is now Siam.
[edit]
Births and Deaths
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Abe Masakatsu is born.
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The monk KakugyТ is born (d. 1646).
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Kanze Yajiro dies.
1542
Tenmon 11 (?????)
[edit]
Timeline of 1542
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1542/8/10 Oda Nobuhide defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto in the First Battle of Azukizaka in Mikawa province.
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Other Events of 1542
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Portuguese missionary Fernand Mendes Pinto arrives in RyШkyШ.
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тuchi Yoshitaka sends a mission to Ming China claiming to represent the shogunate.
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SaitТ DТsan takes control of Mino province.
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Births and Deaths
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Ichijф Kanesada is born.
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Itakura Katsushige, Kyoto shoshidai, is born (d. 1624).
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Nagoya YagorТ is killed at the first battle of Azukizaka.
1543
Tenmon 12 (?????)
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Timeline of 1543
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1543/8/16 Miyoshi ChТkei defeats Hosokawa Ujitsuna and captures Sakai in Settsu province.
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1543/8/25 Three Portugese sailors shipwreck on Tanegashima, becoming the first Europeans encountered by the Japanese. A local daimyТ purchases two guns from them, commissions his swordsmith to make more, and arranges for marksmanship lessons from the shipwrecked Portuguese.
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Other Events of 1543
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Births and Deaths
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Tenmon 11/12/26 (31 Jan 1543) Tokugawa Ieyasu is born (d. 1616).
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KanТ Eitoku is born (d. 1590).
1544
(Tenmon 13;?????)
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Timeline of 1544
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1544/9/23 Oda Nobuhide attacks SaitТ DТsan in Mino province.
1545
Tenmon 14 (?????)
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Timeline of 1545
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1545/6 Takeda Harunobu (Shingen) seiges Fujisawa Yorichika's main castle, Fukuyo, in Ina district.
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1545/8 Imagawa Yoshimoto and HТjТ Ujiyasu confront one another in Suruga; the Takeda arrive to support the Imagawa and Ujiyasu retreats.
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1545/9 The Uesugi and Ashikaga surround the HТjТ's Kawagoe castle in Musashi.
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1545/10 The HТjТ and Imagawa make peace through the mediation of Takeda Shingen.
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Other Events of 1545
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Births and Deaths
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Hatakeyama Yoshifusa, lord of Nanao, dies (b. 1495?).
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Yi Sun-Shin is born (d. 1598).
1546
Tenmon 15 (?????)
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Timeline of 1546
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1546/4/14 Murakami Yoshikiyo defeats Takeda Shingen in Uenohara.
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Other Events of 1546
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The Ishiyama Honganji grants the Oyama GobТ a principal image of worship, along with other objects.
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A Korean account includes the earliest record of bashТfu.
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Yarazamori gusuku is built just south of the entry to Naha Harbor.
1547
Tenmon 16 (?????)
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Timeline of 1547
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1547/6/1 Takeda Shingen establishes KТshu Hatto no Shidai.
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Other Events of 1547
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SaitТ DТsan defeats an army under Oda Nobuhide at Kanoguchi in Owari.
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Nagao Kagetora (Uesugi Kenshin) defeats Nagao Harukage and assumes power in Echigo.
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Oda Nobunaga participates in his first campaign, in Mikawa province.
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The final Japanese kangТ bТeki (tally trade) ship leaves for China.
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Japanese trade in Korea is limited to the port of Pusan, and Japanese in Korea are stripped of many privileges. This leads to an increase in piracy and coastal raiding.
[edit]
Births and Deaths
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Oda Nobumasu is born.
1548
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Timeline of 1548
(Tenmon 17;?????)
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1548/2 Takeda Shingen suffers a defeat at the hands of Murakami Yoshikiyo in the first Japanese battle in which guns are employed (in this case, by the Murakami and of Chinese manufacture)
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1548/3 Imagawa Yoshimoto attacks Oda Nobuhide on behalf of Matsudaira Hirotada.
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Other events of 1548
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Oda Nobuhide makes peace with SaitТ DТsan, and receives a daughter for marriage to Nobunaga.
1549
Tenmon 18 (?????)
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Timeline of 1549
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1549/7/3 Francis Xavier founds the first Catholic Mission in Japan, at Kagoshima.
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Oda Nobuhiro surrenders and Takechiyo returns to Okazaki castle from imprisonment.
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The тuchi clan sends a tribute mission to China. This last mission marks the end of Japanese tributary relations with China.
[edit]
Births and Deaths
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1549/3/6 Matsudaira Hirotada of Mikawa is killed.
1550
Tenmon 19 (?????)
[edit]
Timeline of 1550
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1550/2/28 тtomo Yoshiaki is assassinated and his son (Nikai Kuzure), Yoshishige (тtomo SТrin) becomes the new daimyo of Bungo.
[edit]
Other Events of 1550
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Shimazu Takahisa decides to no longer support Christianity. He expels Francis Xavier from his domain; Xavier relocates to Hirado.
[edit]
Births and Deaths of 1550
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Gregoria de CИspedes is born (d. 1611).
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Фtomo Yoshiaki is assassinated.
1551
Tenmon 20 (?????)
[edit]
Timeline of 1551
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1551/9/1 тuchi Yoshitaka is overthrown by Sue Harukata and commits suicide. He is replaced by тtomo (тuchi) Yoshinaga, through whom Sue now rules the тuchi.
[edit]
Other Events of 1551
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Francis Xavier becomes the first Westerner to visit Kyoto; later in the year, departs Japan for Goa.
[edit]
Births and Deaths of 1551
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1551/3/3 Oda Nobuhide dies.
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1551/9/1 тuchi Yoshitaka commits suicide.
1552
Tenmon 21 (??????)
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Timeline of 1552
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1552/1/28 Shogun Ashikaga Yoshifuji makes peace with Miyoshi Chokei, returns to Kyoto.
[edit]
Other Events of 1552
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WakТ travel up the Yangtze, raiding towns along the river's shores.
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WakТ seize Huangyan in Zhejiang province.
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Francis Xavier leaves Japan for Goa, and is replaced by six other Jesuits, who continue missionary activities in Japan.
[edit]
Births and Deaths
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Francis Xavier dies (b. 1506).
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Matteo Ricci is born (d. 1610).
1553
Tenmon 22 (??????)
[edit]
Timeline of 1553
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1553/4 Oda Nobunaga and SaitТ DТsan meet at a temple in Owari province
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1553/8 Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin confront each other for the first time in the First Battle of Kawanakajima in Shinano province - also known as the Battle of Fuse.
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Other Events of 1553
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Naha harbor is successfully defended against a wakТ raid.
1554
Tenmon 23 (??????)
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Timeline of 1554
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1554/3 HТjТ Ujiyasu of Sagami province, Imagawa Yoshimoto of Suruga province and Takeda Shingen of Kai province meet at Zentoku-ji (HТjТ-Takeda-Imagawa Alliance).
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1554/5 Battle of Oshikihata: MТri Motonari defeats Sue Harukata.
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1554/11 Amako Haruhisa orders the execution of his uncle Amako Kunihisa, son Amako Sanehisa and a number of other members of the ShingШ faction within the Amako clan.
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Other Events of 1554
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Akamatsu Yoshisuke captures Akashi castle from Hosokawa Harumoto.
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Ashikaga Haruuji is defeated and captured by the HТjТ clan, marking the end of the Koga KubТ post.
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First Battle of Kawanakajima
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HТjТ clan launches an attack on the Imagawa clan.
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Igawa Mitsunobu is appointed to the Hatakeyama clan council.
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Komoro castle is built.
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Konoe Sakihisa is named Kampaku.
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Portuguese are granted licenses to trade at Guangzhou.
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The Kingdom of RyШkyШ receives a plaque from Ming China reading Shurei no kuni ("Country of Propriety").
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RyШzТji Takanobu rises up against ShТni Tokinao, who flees to Chikugo province.
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Siege of Muraki: Rotating volley tactics using teppТ (firearms) are applied for perhaps the first time in Japan.
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A temporary peace is achieved between Shiina Yasutane and Jinbo Nagamoto, via the mediation of the Hatakeyama clan of Noto province.
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Takeda Shingen seizes Fukushima castle from Kiso Yoshiyasu.
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Rebellion of Wada Michioki against KТno Michinobu fails.
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Births and Deaths
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Amako Kunihisa is killed.
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Amako Sanehisa is killed.
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Honda Yasushige is born.
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Ishikawa Yasumichi is born.
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Naitф Okimori is born.
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Фkubo Tadatame is born.
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Okunomiya Masaie is born.
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Sakuma Morimasa is born.
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Shiba Yoshimune dies.
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ShТnyo KТkyo, founder of the Ishiyama Honganji, dies.
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Sogo Nagayasu is born.
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Suminokura RyТi is born (d. 1614).
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Uesugi Kagetora is born.
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Wakizaka Yasuharu is born.
1555
Tenbun 24 (??????) / KТji 1 (????)
[edit]
Timeline of 1555
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1555/7/19 Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen engage in the Second Battle of Kawanakajima, also known as the Battle of the Saigawa.
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1555/10/1 MТri Motonari defeats Sue Harukata at the Battle of Miyajima, a victory that makes certain the MТri rise to supremacy in Western Honshu
[edit]
Other Events of 1555
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Nanjing and Chaozhou suffer attacks from wakТ.
[edit]
Births and Deaths of 1555
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1555/9/23 Asakura Norikage dies.
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1555/10 Sue Harukata dies.
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1555/11/27 Uesugi Kagekatsu is born (d. 1623).
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Chinese art critic Dong Qichang is born (d. 1636).