Meiji Restoration and Sakoku

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Meiji Restoration vs. Sakoku

The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. is the most common name for the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate under which, during the Edo period (from 1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited, and almost all foreign nationals were banned from entering Japan, while common Japanese people were kept from leaving the country.

Black Ships

The Black Ships (in translit, Edo period term) were the Western vessels arriving in Japan in the 16th and 19th centuries.

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Convention of Kanagawa

The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty (Kanagawa Jōyaku) or the Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (Nichibei Washin Jōyaku), was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854.

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Daimyo

were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Emperor of Japan

The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan.

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Hokkaido

is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

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Matthew C. Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was an United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War.

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Satsuma Domain

The, briefly known as the, was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.

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Shogun

Shogun (shōgun), officially, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.

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Tokugawa Hidetada

was the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623.

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Tokugawa Iemitsu

Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate (Tokugawa bakufu), also known as the, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

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