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The Tokugawa declined because foreign intrusions helped to precipitate a complex political struggle between the bakufuand a coalition of its critics. The continuity of the anti-bakufu movement in the mid-nineteenth century would finally bring down the Tokugawa.
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. Tokugawa Iemitsu's Closed Country Edict of 1635 began the strict isolationist policies that lasted until the late Nineteenth Century.
The nineteenth century was from 1800 - 1899.
The Nineteenth Century - periodical - was created in 1877.
The Nineteenth Century - periodical - ended in 1972.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century was created in 1843.
The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century was created in 1899.
Nineteenth-Century Literature was created in 1945.
The Italian word for the nineteenth century is "diciannovesimo secolo."
Women in the Nineteenth Century was written by Margaret Fuller.
Birmingham Journal - nineteenth century - was created in 1825.
Birmingham Journal - nineteenth century - ended in 1869.