Showdown at the Ikedaya Inn: Samurai Secret Police
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The History of Japan
The shogenit the military government did not want outside ideas, thoughts or religions polluting the peaceful society that they had worked so hard to cultivate. European ships were banned from all but one har bor. Foreign vessels could be attacked and sunk on sight with zero repercussions. All of this led to a societal and technology stagnation. It was like time itself had been frozen in japan. And for 250 years, the japanese lived, worked, died and governed much as they had in the year 16 hundred,. As historian marius b janson wrote, japan wasqte a cocoon, seldom penetrated from without.
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