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Kanayama Sukashi Tsuba Francis Xavier Mission to Japan | Francis Xavier Travels in Japan James I King of Engalnd William Adams Arrives in Japoan History of Golf Mary Queen of Scots Hasekura Tsunenaga Article: Angelic Journey In Time

Time Line of important events in Japan leading up to and during Hosokawa Toadoki's life span 1522--Yoshiro (Referred to Sen Soueki and Sen No Rikyu) Born 1534--Oda Nobunaga Born 1534--Hosokawa Fujitaka Born 1536--Toyotomi Hideyoshi Born 1543--Portuguese arrive in Japan 1543--Tokogawa Ieyasu Born 1543--44 Furuta Oribe Born 1546--Kuroda Yoshitaka (Josui) Christian name Don Simeon born 1548--First use of firearms by Japanese at battle of Uedahara 1549--Jesuit Francis Xavier arrives in Japan 1551--Cespedes Born 1552--Oda Nobunaga begins rule of Oda Diaymo in Owari 1552--Dom Justo Takayama born 1558-- Hon'ami Koetsu born 1564--Hosokawa Tadaoki Born 1565 --Manila-Acapulco galleons service was inaugurated 1568--Oda Nobunaga starts the Unification of Japan 1568--Kuroda Nagamasa born 1573--Muramachi period ends Azuchi-Momoyama begins 1573--Alessandro Valignano appointed "Visitor of the East Indies" 1575--Battle of Nagashino changes nature of warfare in Japan 1577--Jesuit Gregorio de Cespedes S.J. arrives in Japan 1578--Marriage of Tadaoki to Akechi Tama 1579--Tadaoki's first Military Campaign age 15 1579--Alessandro Valignano July 25 first visit to Kuchinotsu Japan 1580--Alessandro Valignano establshes seminary in Arima 1580--Hosokawa Fujitaka (Yusai) awarded Tango Province 1581--Alessandro Valignano meets Oda Nobunaga 1582--Alessandro Valignano establshes seminary at Azuchi 1582--Oda Nobunaga assassinated 1582--Otomo Sorin sends Japanese Christian delegation to Rome 1582--Battle of Yamazaki, Toyotomi Hideyoshi comes to power 1585--First use of firearms in a Naval battle by Japanese 1585--Tintereto paid 35 Ecu to paint Sorin's Delegation to Rome 1586--Hosokawa Tadatoshi Born 1587--Hosokawa Tama is baptized and becomes Gracia 1587--Grand Kitano Tea Ceremony 1587--Hideyoshi issues first edict expelling Christian missionaries 1590--Seige of Odawara solidifies Toyotomi Hideyoshi's power 1590--Otomo Sorin's Japanese mission to Rome returns to Japan 1591--Sen No Rikyu ordered by Hideyoshi to do seppuku 1592--Korea invaded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1595--Hydeoshi orders Hidetsugu's seppuku and kills his family 1596--San Felipe runs aground cargo confiscated by Hideyoshi 1597-- Execution of 26 Christian Martyrs at Nagasaki 1598--Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies 1598--Korean Campaign ends 1600--William Adams arrives in Japan 1600--Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu comes to power, Gracia killed 1601-- Hosokawa awarded Buzen Province 1603--Azuchi-Momoyama period ends Edo period Begins 1603--Alessandro Valignano leaves Japan for last time 1605--Tokugawa Ieyasu retires 1606--Alessandro Valignano dies, January 2o 1610--Incedent of the Madre De Deus 1610-- Hosokawa Fujitaka Dies 1611-- Tadaoki's Christian/European mentor Gregorio de Cespedes S.J. dies in Kokura 1612--Rodriquez the Interpreter banished from Japan 1612-- Musashi Miyamoto's duel of Ganryushima 1613-20--Hasekura Tsunenaga retainer of Date Masamune leads Japanese delegation to Mexico and Europe 1613-- The prohibition of Christianity and expulsion of foreign missionaries 1615--Hasekura Tsunenaga arrives in Rome 1614-15-- Osaka Campaign against Western powers and fall of the Toytomi family 1615-- Futura Oribe ordered to commit seppuku 1615-- Dom Justo, Takayama Ukon dies in excile in Manilla 1616--Tokugawa Ieyasu dies 1620--Hasekura Tsunenaga returns from European mission 1622--Hasekura Tsunenaga Dies 1624--Spanish Expelled from Japan 1632--The Hosokawa are awarded Higo Province 1633--Iemitsu forbids traveling abroad 1637--Hon'ami Koetsu dies 1637-38--Shimabara Rebellion (Christian lead revolt) 1638--Portugese expelled from Japan 1639--foreign trade limited to the Chinese and Dutch factories 1640--Musashi Miyamoto becomes a resident at Kumamoto Castle 1641--Tadatoshi Hosokawa Dies 1645--Todaoki Hosokawa Dies 1645--Miyamoto Musashi Dies   Time Line of important events in Europe and the New World just prior to and coincidental with Hosokawa Toadoki's life span Prior to: 1500-1558--Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1503-1566-- Life Span of Nostradamus 1520--French send 60-90 ships to New World Fisheries each year 1521-- Hernan Cortés conquers Aztec Empire 1522--Magellan circumnavigates globe 1523--Knights of Saint John ousted by Ottomans from Rhodes. 1530-1600--Basque and French fishermen and whalers exploit Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries for cod and whale products 1533-- Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor killed by Pizarro 1535-- Henry VIII makes himself head of English Church 1535--The Trial of Sir Thomas More 1536--Desiderius Erasmus dies 1539-42--Desoto Explores America from Florida to Texas 1540--Ignatius Loyola founds the Society of Jesus 1541--Francis Xavier leaves Portugal for India 1542--Mary Queen of Scotts Born 1543--Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory and dies 1543--Portuguese arrive in Japan 1547--Francis I of France dies from injuries in a joust 1547--Henry VIII dies 1547--Miguel de Cervantes born 1549--Francis Xavier arrives in Japan 1550--Mary Queen of Scotts goes to French Court for education 1552--Ivan the Terrible becomes first "Czar" of Russia 1552--Francis Xavier dies attempting to enter China 1556-- Nostradamus gains patronage of Catherine Medici 1558--Queen Elizabeth I ascends to throne Of England 1558--Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, ruler of the Burgundian territories dies 1559--John Knox begins protestant reformation in Scotland 1562--John Hawkins starts English slave trade to New World 1563--Great Plague of London, outbreak of Bubonic Plague 80,000 die in England The Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turks war continuously for dominence in Europe and Mediterranean during this period Coincidental with: 1564--Hosokawa Tadaoki is born 1564--William Shakespeare is born 1565--St. Augustine Florida established as a settlement 1565--Ottoman Siege of Malta, fails 1566--Nostradamus dies 1568--Protestant Netherlands revolts against Catholic Spain 1568--Mary Queen of Scotts enters exile in England 1571--Holy League formed by Catholic maritime states 25 May 1571--Don Juan de Austria leads Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571--Venice loses Cyprus to Ottomans 1571--Manila was first founded in June 24, 1571 1572-- St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre against Huguenots 1576--Titian died 1577--1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates globe for England 1582--Gregorian Calender introduced by Pope Gregory XIII 1584--Sir Walter Raleigh sends colonists to Roanoke Island 1587--Mary Queen of Scotts Executed 1588--Spanish Armada launched 1588--Venitian painter Paolo Veronese dies 1593-1606--war between Habsburgs and Ottoman Empire 1595--Shakespeare's career in full bloom 1597--Tinteretto dies 1600--British East India Company Chartered By Elizabeth I 1600--Peter Paul Rubens Begins Painting Career 1600--First Performance of Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar 1602--Dutch, United East Indies Company founded 1603--James Ist of England unifies Scotland and England 1604--First Performance of Shakespeare's King Lear 1605--Cervantes publishes Don Quixote 1605--Guy Fawkes Rebellion 1607-- Jamestown Virginia was founded 1607--Sante Fe New Mexico first settled 1609-11--Henry Hudson looks for Northwest Passage 1610--Sante Fe New Mexico formally founded 1611--Frans Hals (1580 - 1666) begins painting career 1611--King James version of the Bible published 1614--El Greco Dies 1615--Galileo Galilei first brought before inquisition 1615--Van Dyck Begins art career 1616--April 23, William Shakespeare & Miguel de Cervantes die 1618-- Frans Hals (1580 - 1666) begins painting career 1618--Velázquez begins painting career 1620--The Pilgrims found Plymouth Colony 1621--The Dutch West Indies Company is chartered. 1621-1630-- Peter Paul Rubens paints for the Spanish Habsburgs 1623--Velázquez appointed court painter to Philip IV in Madrid. 1625--King James I of England dies, Charles I becomes King 1626--New York city founded by the Dutch 1626--Rembrandt Van Rijn Begins painting career 1632--Van Dyck appointed court painter to Charles I Of England 1633--Construction of Tahj Mahal begun 1636--Harvard College was founded by Massachusetts Bay Colony 1638--Louise XIV born 1640--Peter Paul Rubens dies 1641--Van Dyck Dies 1642-1649--English civil war 1643--New Zealand discovered by Dutch 1643-- Louise XIV becomes king of France (1643-1715) 1644--Ming Dynasty effectively ends in China after 275 years 1645--Cromwell made Lieutenant-General in English civil war 1646--Hosokawa Tadaoki dies 1649--Charles I of England executed To assist putting Tadaoki into his historical context see the following pages: The life and times of St. Francis Xavier, (1512- 1552) Page: 1 Xavier meets Otomo Sorin the King of Bungo, (1550) Page: 2 William Adams arrives in Japan, (1600 ) Page: 3 The Epic Journey of Hasekura Tsunenaga, (1613-1620) Page: 4 James I of England (1603-1625) and his personal correspondence with Tokugawa Ieyasu Page: 5 The life and times of Hosokawa Sansai (1564 - 1646) Page 6 Comparisons of design patterns in 17th century Sukashi Tsuba Page 7

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