Foreign relations of the Tokugawa shogunate

Sakoku (; ; ) was the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate under which, during the Edo period (from 1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited, and almost all foreign nationals were banned from entering Japan, while common Japanese people were kept from leaving the country. The policy was enacted by the shogunate government (bakufu) under Tokugawa Iemitsu through a number of edicts and policies from 1633 to 1639.

American naval officer (1794–1858)

Japanese armed merchant sailing ships

conflict

1863 battle between Britain and the Satsuma Domain

samurai assault on British people in Japan on September 14, 1862

Dutch sailor

former embassy dispatched by Japan to the United States in 1860

Diplomatic mission from Japan to Europe in 1862 in the Bunkyū era.

1837 bombardment

1610 naval clash near Nagasaki, Japan

1825 Tokugawa Shogunate law

1863 Japanese imperial edict

diplomatic mission led by Ikeda Nagaoki

Head of the Dutch trading post in Japan

American sea captain

1863 naval engagement

Dutch sailor

historical diplomatic missions in present-day Japan

bilateral diplomatic relations