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1633: The shogun Iemitsu forbids travelling abroad 1800-1870
and reading foreign books C
1845: Masahiro Abe becomes the most influential h
1638: The shogun Iemitsu forbids ship building politicians of the shogunate a
p
1639: Iemitsu restricts interaction with foreigners to 1854: The USA forces Japan to sign a trade agree- t e
Nagasaki ment ("treaty of Kanagawa") which reopens r
1641: Iemitsu bans all foreigners, except Chinese Japan to foreigners after two centuries
and Dutch, from Japan (the Dutch remain off 1855: Russia and Japan establish diplomatic rela-
the coast of Nagasaki) tions

1650: With peace, there evolved a new kind of 1855: Masayoshi Horta replaces Abe Masahiro
noble, literate warrior according to bushido
("way of the warrior") 1861: The domain of Choshu urges the emperor in
Kyoto to expand foreign policy
1700: Kabuki and ukiyo-e become popular
1862: The domain of Satsuma urges the union of
1707: Mount Fuji erupts emperor (Kyoto) and shogunate (Edo/Tokyo)

1790: Neo-Confucianism becomes the official 1863: The domain of Choshu demands from the
state philosophy shogunate the expulsion of all foreigners, but

the domain of Satsuma stages a coup and
removes Choshu influence from the imperial
court

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