sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations)

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Tokugawa shogunate policy foreign relations policy

Sakoku was the early Tokugawa-era policy framework that laid the groundwork for Japan’s long period of controlled isolation from most foreign contact and influence.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
sakoku	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tokugawa shogunate policy ⓘ foreign relations policy ⓘ
aimedAt	controlling foreign contact ⓘ limiting foreign influence ⓘ maintaining Tokugawa political stability ⓘ preventing spread of Christianity ⓘ regulating overseas trade ⓘ
allowedException	contacts with Ainu and Ezo via Matsumae domain ⓘ limited Chinese trade at Nagasaki ⓘ limited Dutch trade at Dejima ⓘ relations with Ryukyu Kingdom via Satsuma domain ⓘ trade with Korea via Tsushima domain ⓘ
appliesTo	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	system of controlled foreign relations rather than absolute isolation ⓘ
effectivelyEndedBy	Convention of Kanagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ unequal treaties with Western powers ⓘ
enforcedBy	Tokugawa bakufu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent	ban on Christianity ⓘ control of coastal shipping ⓘ licensing of foreign trade ⓘ maritime restrictions ⓘ missionary expulsion ⓘ
hasEndPhase	relaxation under late Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
hasKeyEdict	Sakoku edict of 1634 ⓘ Sakoku edict of 1635 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakoku edict of 1639 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakoku edict of 1641 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakoku edicts of 1633 ⓘ
hasLegacy	historiographical discussions of early modern globalization ⓘ modern debates about Japanese isolationism ⓘ
hasStartTime	1630s ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	early Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	fear of European colonial expansion ⓘ post-Sengoku consolidation of power ⓘ
implementedBy	Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Tokugawa intellectual and cultural life ⓘ formation of Japanese national identity ⓘ long-term development of Edo-period economy ⓘ
initiatedUnder	Tokugawa Iemitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	series of Tokugawa bakufu edicts ⓘ
linguisticMeaning	"closed country" in Japanese ⓘ
precededBy	Toyotomi and early Tokugawa anti-Christian measures ⓘ expulsion of Spanish missionaries ⓘ
regulatedBy	Nagasaki bugyō NERFINISHED ⓘ
restricted	Japanese overseas travel ⓘ entry of most foreign ships ⓘ return of Japanese who had gone abroad ⓘ
weakenedBy	increasing Western naval presence in East Asia ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tokugawa Ieyasu → implementedPolicy → sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations) ⓘ

Nagasaki bugyō → relatedTo → sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations) ⓘ

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Dejima → usedDuring → sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations) ⓘ

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Port of Nagasaki → associatedWith → sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations) ⓘ

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Tokugawa Iemitsu → implementedPolicy → sakoku (national isolation policy, foundations) ⓘ

this entity surface form: sakoku