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    Go-Yōzei-tennō (後陽成天皇) and Go-Mizunoo-tennō (後水尾天皇). 1596 Keichō gannen (慶長元年): The era name was changed to Keichō to mark the passing of various natural disasters...
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    Peninsula. In 1606 (Keichō 11), construction began on Edo Castle and on Sunpu Castle the following year (Keichō 12). 1609 (Keichō 14) saw the Invasion...
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    Naito (1976). Bunroku keichō no eki ni okeru hironin no kenkyū 文禄・慶長役における被擄人の研究 [Research on the subjects of the Bunroku and Keicho eras]. University of...
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    period (Keichō era) feudal Japan and a part of Tokugawa coinage. Minting of koban, Ōban and other coins began in year 1601 (year 5 of the Keichō era), signifying...
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    Castle, occurred in 1614 (Keichō 19). He returned to Edo for the winter. A strong earthquake struck on 26 November 1614 (Keichō 19, 25th day of the 10th...
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  • earthquake is also known as the "Keicho Sanriku tsunami earthquake". It would have been very similar to the 1605 Keichō Nankaidō earthquake, a tsunami earthquake...
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    Hisamori [ja] Fourth daughter: Kiku (Keichō 8 - Enpō 5, 1603-1677) - legal wife of Sakai Tadayuki Fifth son: Matsudaira Sadafusa (Keichō 9 - Enpō 4, 1604-1676) Concubine:...
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    and the ryō as the face value of the koban were no longer synonymous. The Keichō koban issued after the monetary reform of May 1601 offered approximately...
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  • The 1605 Keichō earthquake (Japanese: 慶長地震) occurred at about 20:00 local time on 3 February. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.9 on the surface-wave...
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    (小判) was a regular ovoid gold coin, equivalent to one Ryō. The initial Keichō Koban (minted from 1601) had a weight of 18.20g. The 1714 Sado Koban (佐渡小判金...
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