The Many Attempts at Opening up Sakoku Japan by Other Nations 🇯🇵 History of Japan

Tokugawa Japan underwent an isolationist period known as "Sakoku" (closed country) for 214 years. Yet how "isolated" was it truly?
➡️ Reflecting on the history of Japan, I will be talking about the many attempts at opening up Sakoku Japan by other nations.

Here you will learn about when and how the first Europeans made contact with Japan, what the Shimbara Rebellion was, and how the Tokugawa Shogunate operated and traded at Dejima with the Portuguese and Dutch.
➡️ Find out the many attempts at opening up Sakoku Japan by other nations, like Europe, in this history of Japan discussion.