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Why did the Tokugawa shogunate close Japan to foreign influence?

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They feared European powers might eventually try to control Japan.

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Japan's isolation policy was fully implemented by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Ievasu and shogun from 1623 to 1641. He issued edicts that essentially closed Japan to all foreigners and prevented Japanese from leaving.


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