xi Chronology 1457 Castle built in Edo by Ota Dōkan. 1590 Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo. 1600 Tokugawa Ieyasu victorious at Sekigahara. 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu takes the title and office of Sei-itai-shōgun. 1605 Tokugawa Ieyasu retires as shōgun, succeeded by his son Hidetada. 1607 The main tower (donjon) is completed at Edo Castle. 1607 First performance of Kabuki in Edo. 1614 Ieyasu bans Christianity in Tokugawa domains. 1614 Bakufu defeats Toyotomi Hideyori at Ōsaka. 1616 Ieyasu dies. 1621 Sakoku begins, no Japanese may travel abroad. 1624 Spanish banned from Japan.
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