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400th anniv. of Japan mission's visit to Mexico City

LOS ANGELES, United States - Tsunetaka Hasekura (L), a descendant of Tsunenaga Hasekura who headed the 17th century Keicho Mission sent by feudal lord Date Masamune in modern day Miyagi Prefecture area to Europe, shakes hands with Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera at a ceremony to mark the 400th anniversary of the Japanese mission's visit to the city on March 24, 2014.

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400th anniv. of Japan mission's visit to Mexico City

LOS ANGELES, United States - Tunetaka Hasekura (L), a descendant of Tsunenaga Hasekura who headed the 17th century Keicho Mission sent by feudal lord Date Masamune in modern day Miyagi Prefecture area of Japan to Europe, shakes hands with Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera in front of the national flags of Japan and Mexico at the city hall of Mexico City on March 24, 2014, to mark the 400th anniversary of the mission's visit to the city.

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Historian proposes new theory regarding 1613 Keicho mission

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Naotsugu Hamada, director of the Keicho Mission Ship Museum in the city, who has studied documents pertaining to the Keicho Mission sent in 1613 by Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to Europe to negotiate direct trade with Mexico. The documents have been registered by UNESCO as valuable records in its Memory of the World documentary heritage program.

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UNESCO register adds archive of pre-modern Japan mission

SENDAI, Japan - Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama answers a reporter's question at the Sendai city hall in Miyagi Prefecture on June 19, 2013. A collection of materials about Keicho Mission, a 17th century mission sent under the order of Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to the Vatican and Spain, has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

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Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana

A statue of Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana is seen in this photo taken on April 29, 2015. Hasekura visited Cuba in 1614 as head of the Keicho Mission to Europe dispatched by Date Masamune, feudal lord of Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Citizens gather around statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana

Citizens gather around a statue of Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Havana in October 2014. Hasekura visited Cuba in 1614 as head of the Keicho Mission to Europe dispatched by Date Masamune, feudal lord of Sendai Domain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagoya Castle

Nagoya castle was completed in the 19th year of Keicho (1614). It was under the supervision of the Army in the Meiji period and a guard house was placed. In 1893, the castle tower and Ofukemaru located to the northwest was called the Rikyu of Nagoya castle.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐38‐0]

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Nagoya Castle

A close view of the castle tower before it was destroyed in the bombing of 1945. After it was completed in the 19th year of Keicho (1614), commercial houses, shrines, Buddhist temples were forced to move to the region near Nagoya castle from the area near Kiyosu Castle. This is the so-called Kiyosugoshi (moving from Kiyosu).==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐20‐0]

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Nakasendo Torii Pass and Narai Inns

The difficult spot of Torii range on the Nakasendo and a view of Narai village at its foot. Some villagers are seen in the central river bed. The village was designated as a shukuba of the Nakasendo in the 7th year of Keicho (1602). It was not a good location for agriculture due to the high altitude and low temperature. The main industry was crafts.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐26‐0]