Question

What does the edict demonstrate about the Tokugawa government’s approach to international relations?

Answer 1

What was the purpose of edicts Tokugawa shogunate?

This Sakoku Edict (Sakoku-rei, 鎖国令) of 1635 was a Japanese decree intended to eliminate foreign influence, enforced by strict government rules and regulations to impose these ideas. It was the third of a series issued by Tokugawa Iemitsu, shōgun of Japan from 1623 to 1651.