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Edicts of the Tokugawa Shogunate

The Edicts of the Tokugawa Shogunate were issued in 1635 as a response to the growing influence of foreign powers and Christianity in Japan.

  1. Japanese ships are strictly forbidden to leave for foreign countries.

  2. No Japanese is permitted to go abroad. If there is anyone who attempts to do so secretly, he must be executed. The ship involved must be impounded and its owner arrested, and the matter must be reported to the higher authority.

  3. If any Japanese returns from overseas after residing there, he must be put to death.

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  1. If there are any Southern Barbarians (Westerners) who propagate the teaching of padres (Christianity), or otherwise commit crimes, they may be incarcerated in the prison maintained by the Ōmura domain, as was done previously.

The Edicts of the Tokugawa Shogunate, 1635

Question 1

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Describe one European political trend that influenced the writing of this excerpt.

Question 2

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Describe one European social trend that influenced the writing of this excerpt.

Question 3

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Explain how the Netherlands became the only European nation to maintain economic ties with Japan between 1635 and 1854.

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