ASD Libraries: G07: Isolationism: Japanese

Tokugawa (Edo) period 1603–1867

Tokugawa period - Britannica
Tokugawa period, also called Edo period, (1603–1867), the final period of traditional Japan, a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship) founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Sakoku Edict of 1635
The Sakoku Edict (Sakoku-rei, 鎖国令) of 1635 was a Japanese decree intended to eliminate foreign influence, enforced by strict government rules and regulations to impose these ideas. It was the third of a series issued by Tokugawa Iemitsu, shōgun of Japan from 1623 to 1651. The Edict of 1635 is considered a prime example of the Japanese desire for seclusion.
Edict of 1635 and its inception
The “Closed country edict of 1635” was the Tokugawa bakufu (government) legislations enforced upon the people of Japan and for those people wanting to enter and/or trade in Japan. The final draft was completed in 1635, was drafted in Edo (Tokyo) and was enforced throughout Japan.

Meiji Restoration 1868 - History.com
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 toppled the long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns of the Edo period and propelled Japan into the modern era. Japan’s Edo period, which lasted from 1603 to 1867, would be the final era of traditional Japanese government, culture and society.
Meiji Restoration - Britannica
Meiji Restoration, in Japanese history, the political revolution in 1868 that brought about the final demise of the Tokugawa shogunate (military government)—thus ending the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867)—and, at least nominally, returned control of the country to direct imperial rule under Mutsuhito (the emperor Meiji).

What the Japanese Edo period can teach us about today
How a recycled garment made from tattered rags symbolises the ingenuity of what could have been one of the world's first large-scale ecological civilisations.
JAPAN'S SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY IN THE EDO PERIOD (1603-1867)
During most of the Edo Period, Japan was closed off to the world, suffered no invasion from the outside, and had virtually no exchange with other countries. For the most part, it was a peaceful period, with almost no war inside the country, and marked a remarkable time of development in the economy and culture of Japan.

Japan - a history in Art by Robert Kimmel Smith
Call Number: 709.52 SMI
ISBN: 0385032404
An Introduction to the history of Japan through art works including Archaic Period (Before 552) the beginning -- Asuka Period (552-710) ancient Japan -- Nara Period (710-794) the golden age of Buddhism -- Heian Period (794-1185) Emerging aristocracy -- Kamakura Period (1185-1333) the seeds of feudalism -- Muromachi Period (1333-1568) the dual dynasties -- Momoyama Period (1568-1600) the country united -- Edo-Tokugawa Period (1600-1853) isolation and progress -- Transition Period (1853-1868) time of transition -- Meiji Period (1868-1912) the new Japan.