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1. Why did the Tokugawa shogunate close Japan to foreign influence?

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The main cause for Japan's isolationism was to avert the spread of Christianity. Several Edicts were issued throughout the early years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, declaring isolation, Each edict grew more and more forceful in its condemnation of Christianity

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