1591 · Sen no Rikyū is ordered to die
Hideyoshi orders his tea master, Sen no Rikyū, to take his own life.
Japan · 1585–1600
Kyoto, 1590s
A foot soldier's son rules Japan, and his tea master pays the price.
Kanō Eitoku, Momoyama-period screen painting1590
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In 1590, Sen no Rikyū is 68 years old and Tokugawa Ieyasu is 47 years old.
The world around · Kyoto, 1590s
- Who governs
- Hideyoshi rules through the great lords. Peasants were disarmed in the sword hunt of 1588.
- Everyday life
- Farmers are tied to their fields by the land survey, and Kyoto is enclosed by new earthen walls.
- Arts and ideas
- Gold-leaf screens by the Kanō painters, and the quiet, plain tea of Rikyū.
- Meanwhile
- In England, Elizabeth I has just beaten the Armada. In 1592 Hideyoshi sends his armies into Korea.
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1600 · Battle of Sekigahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the battle that leads to 250 years of Tokugawa rule.
