Saturday, December 7, 2013
University of London (SOAS)
The 400th Anniversary of the Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu events held by the City of Shizuoka and the Japan400 program in London, are linked by the man himself, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who lived and died four centuries ago.
In 2013, exactly 400 years after English emissaries came to Japan to meet with Ieyasu, we will send emissaries of our own from Shizuoka (formerly known as Sumpu, the final home of Ieyasu) to Britain.
This return visit is in honour of those British representatives, from long ago, and is also an opportunity for citizens of both Britain and Japan to look back at the accomplishments of those people from the early 17th century.
Representatives from Japan will journey to England to tie together the 400th Anniversary of the Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu events and the Japan400 Anniversary event, and to hold a commemoration in London.
Full details (including booking) can be viewed at the event website.
