1614 in Japan

none 1614 Events of the year 1614 in Japan. Incumbents Monarch: Go-Mizunoo Shogun: Tokugawa Hidetada Events January 22: Hasekura Tsunenaga's trade expedition to the New World arrives in the Spanish colony of New Spain (modern-day Mexico), with 22 samurai, 120 Japanese merchants, sailors and servants, and 40 Spaniards and Portuguese who serve as interpreters. "A Quarter Century of Trans-Pacific Diplomacy: New Spain and Japan, 1592–1617", by W. Michael Mathes, Journal of Asian History (1990), p.22 January 25: Hasekura's expedition arrives in Acapulco. February 1: The practice of Christianity is banned by a decree issued by the shogun. The decree also calls for the expulsion of all missionaries.Nobuko Adachi, Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad (Cambria Press, 2010) p.111Juan Gil, Hidalgos y Samurais: Espana en los Siglos XVI y XVII (Alianza Editorial, 1991) March 15: Construction begins on Takada Castle. November 19: Toyotomi Hideyori, after having opened a Buddhist temple praying for ōgosho Ieyasu's death, is ordered by Ieyasu to leave Osaka Castle. Hideyori refuses and instead fortifies himself in Osaka Castle, defended by samurai, prompting Ieyasu to send 3,000 troops across the Kizu River, destroying the fort there. November 26: Battle of Imafuku: Tokugawa forces engage Toyotomi forces to secure the site for a fort. Although the Tokugawa suffer heavy losses, they secure the village, and Toyotomi forces are forced to retreat.Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. December 4: Ieyasu's troops arrive at Osaka Castle, beginning the Siege of Osaka.Turnbull, Stephen (2012). Osaka 1615: The Last Battle of the Samurai. Illustrated by Richard Hook. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781846037993. Births January 10: Kanō Yasunobu, painter of the Kanō School. (d.1685) Deaths February 23: Murakoshi Naoyoshi, samurai. (b.1562) June 13: Sengoku Hidehisa, daimyo of the Komoro Domain, samurai who captured Ishikawa Goemon. (b.1552) June 27: Maeda Toshinaga, samurai, daimyo of the Kaga Domain (1599-1605). (b.1562) July 19: Akizuki Tanenaga, samurai, daimyo of the Takanabe Domain. (b.1567) November 29: Mogami Yoshiaki, daimyo of the Yamagata Domain. (b.1546) References 1614 in Category:1614 in Japan Category:1610s in Japan Japan Category:Years of the 17th century in Japan Category:1614 in Asia