month): A strong earthquake shook Kyoto. 1615 (Keichō 20): Osaka Summer Battle begins. Era developments Copper, silver and gold coins called Keichō-tsūhō were issued in the Keichō era helping to unify the currency system. Keichō-chokuhan, also called Keichō shinkoku-bon, were Imperial publications, produced during the Keichō era at the command of Emperor Go-Yōzei and printed using moveable type which had been imported from the Joseon Kingdom on the Korean peninsula. Keichō no katsuji-ban was the general name for the first works printed with moveable typ during the Keichō era. also called the Kembun-shū was a book, a collection of tales and anecdotes compiled by Miura Jōshin (1565–1644). Notes References de Winter, Michiel. (2006). "VOC in Japan: Betrekkingen tussen Hollanders en Japanners in de Edo-periode, tussen 1602–1795" ("VOC in Japan: Relations between the Dutch and Japanese in the Edo-period, between 1602–1795"). Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 48943301 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. . Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. . Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ; . Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. . Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. . External links National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" – overview plus illustrative images from library's collection 1590s in Japan 1600s in Japan 1610s in Japan Japanese eras