Isolation
This religion was banned in Japan in 1614 for being seen as a threat to the shogunate.
What is Christianity?
This warrior class remained at the top of the social order despite financial struggles.
What are the samurai?
This type of theater used male actors and colorful costumes.
What is kabuki?
This crop was the basis of Japan's economy.
What is rice?
This country sent ships asking Japan to open ports in the 1800s.
What is the United States?
This European country was allowed to continue limited trade with Japan.
What is the Netherlands (or the Dutch)?
This group gained wealth during isolation but was still low in status.
What are the merchants?
This form of art involved printing detailed images with carved blocks.
What is woodblock printing (or ukiyo-e)?
These improved infrastructure routes helped trade and communication.
What are roads (or the Five Highways)?
This was one of the U.S.'s economic interests that pushed it to reach out to Japan.
What is whaling?
This set of laws formally cut Japan off from the rest of the world.
What are the Exclusion Laws?
This rule prevented people from moving to a different class.
What is a rigid social structure?
This type of poem became popular in Edo Japan and followed a 5–7–5 pattern.
What is a haiku?
These two metals were used to make currency.
What are gold and silver?
This term describes Japan’s refusal to accept foreign ideas or trade.
What is isolationism?
This small artificial island was the only place foreign trade was allowed.
What is Deshima?
Samurai sometimes did this, even though it was technically illegal, to access money.
What is marry into merchant families?
This phrase described entertainment districts with looser rules.
What is "The Floating World"?
This reason made it difficult to fully switch from a rice economy to a money economy.
What is resistance from the upper classes or tradition?
Foreign contact reawakened these internal weaknesses in Japanese society.
What are economic inequality, unrest, or dissatisfaction with the shogunate?
This specific order allowed officials to shoot foreign ships without warning.
What is the "No Second Thought Expulsion Order"?
This group made up most of the population and was overburdened with taxes.
Who are the peasants?
This elegant ritual involving powdered tea was a major part of traditional Japanese culture.
What is the tea ceremony?
These events, tied to crop failure, led to riots and unrest.
What are famines?
This was the long-term consequence of foreign pressure by the mid-1800s.
What is the eventual end of isolation or the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate?