The Edo Period and Sakoku
The long peace under the Tokugawa Shogunate and the policy of national isolation.
Key Questions
- 1Why did Japan choose to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
- 2What were the benefits and costs of Japan's period of isolation?
- 3How did urban culture flourish during the peaceful Edo period?
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