Events of the year 1617 in Japan.

Incumbents Monarch: Go-Mizunoo Shogun: Tokugawa Hidetada

Events Amagasaki Castle is rebuilt by Toda Ujikane. July: 1616 Japanese expedition to Taiwan: Several Japanese ships return to Nagasaki after having plundered several villages of Đại Việt.Jansen, Marius B. (1992). China in the Tokugawa World. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-06-7411-75-32 September 25: Emperor emeritus Go-Yōzei dies. He is buried in the Fukakusa no kita no Misasagi in Kyoto.Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. pp. 409–411.

Births June 2: Maeda Toshitsugu, first daimyo of Toyama Domain (d.1674)

Deaths September 25: Emperor Go-Yōzei, emperor (1586-1611) (b.1571)

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