When Did Japan Become Isolated?
When Did Japan Become Isolated? While Sakoku, Japan’s long period of isolation from 1639 to 1853, kept it closed off from much of the world, one upshot was the rise of cultural touchstones that persist to this day. Why did Japan’s isolation begin? The policy of seclusion or ‘Sakoku’ (鎖国 lit. Chained/locked country) was enacted