1603 in Japan

none 1603 October 2026 Events in the year 1603 in Japan Incumbents Monarch: Go-Yōzei Shogun: Tokugawa Ieyasu (starting March 24th) Events March 24: Tokugawa Ieyasu is appointed shogun, beginning both the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Edo period. Perez, Louis G. (1998). The History of Japan. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN 0-313-00793-4. OCLC 51689128. November – Rokugō rebellion: More than 1,000 rōnin rebel in support of their exiled lord, Onodera Yoshimichi. The ghosts of Amakusa: localised opposition to centralised control in Higo Province, 1589–1590 Turnbull Stephen Stephen Turnbull (historian) 2013 Japan Forum 10.1080/09555803.2012.745586 Taylor & Francis 2 25 191–211 144893702 Female entertainer Izumo no Okuni originates kabuki dance drama in Kyoto. The earliest of eight companies that will eventually merge to form the Kikkoman Corporation, the producers of soy sauce, is founded. Births September 15 – Tokugawa Yorifusa, daimyo (d. 1661) Deaths September 19 – Matsudaira Iemoto, samurai (b. 1548) References 1603 in Category:1603 in Japan Category:1600s in Japan Japan Category:Years of the 17th century in Japan Category:1603 in Asia