Why did the tokugawa shogunate try to limit japan's contact with the outside world?

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Horne

12 January, 08:32

Why did the tokugawa shogunate try to limit japan's contact with the outside world?

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Madilynn Wang · Answer 1

The Tokugawa shogunate limited contact between Japan and the outside world because of the following reasons:

a. Foreign influence would hurt Japan's social order.

b. Foreign influence could only decrease the government's power.

c. The Tokugawa wanted to preserve Japanese culture.