That Japan should open up the Country to Foreign Trade (At that time Japan was closed to outsiders, and Japanese were forbidden to travel overseas)
Yes, since Tokugawa Iemitsu, shogun from 1623-41closed Japan to all foreigners and prevented Japanese from leaving.
a closed country policy jpt high school rules :)
Japanese cannot return to Japan after living abroad.
The Japanese closed Japan to foreigners
A policy the Japanese government came up with that sealed off Japan's borders to exclude both the missionaries and the merchants, without affecting trade with Europeans. The only port that remained open for trade was in Nagasaki.
In the early 1600s, the primary concern of the Tokugawa regime regarding contact between Europeans and the Japanese was the potential for Christianity to undermine Japanese social order and loyalty to the shogunate. The influx of European missionaries and the conversion of many Japanese to Christianity raised fears of foreign influence and the disruption of traditional values. This led to the eventual persecution of Christians and the implementation of strict policies to limit foreign interactions, culminating in Japan's sakoku (closed country) policy.
Japan's isolation policy was fully implemented by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Ievasu and shogun from 1623 to 1641. He issued edicts that essentially closed Japan to all foreigners and prevented Japanese from leaving. http://www.wfu.edu/~watts/w03_Japancl.html
The spread of Christianity was seen as a major problem by the Tokugawa bakufu. Threat of foreign aggression. Hinder the importation of certain valuable items, such as raw silk. Which gave the Bakufu a monopoly on these items.
Plant closed
'Kyuugyou.'
the country wanted to keep the Western Hemisphere closed to outside influences yet also desired access to Asia.