JapaneseHistoire14 min
Sakoku: How Japan Closed Itself to the World
The history of sakoku, Japan's closure under the Tokugawa. Edicts, Dejima, Christian persecution, Perry's black ships, and the nuance historians now stress.
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Commodore Perry
What is Commodore Perry?
U.S. Navy officer who pressured Japan into ending its seclusion in 1853-1854.
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