HIST 80a Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Kakure Kirishitan, Tokugawa Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogunate
14 Dec 2016
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Created the sakoku (1639 1854), or the closed country, policy to remove foreigners, especially christians via methods of forced removal, executions, and crucifixions. The kakure kirishitan were a few thousand christians who refused to convert to buddhism. However, okinawa remained a main trading point between china and japan, and the port in nagasaki remained available to the dutch (who now controlled malacca and the spice trade). Over time rangaku emerged in nagasaki; a group of scholars interested in the west and scientific matters (especially works on anatomy, geography, and astronomy). The silver export to china ended, resulting in massive economic development. After the silver trade ended, the japanese economy prospered. Osaka emerged as an economically successful city known for its gastronomy (food culture). Over time, the use of kokus of rice with receipts began to bring the market away from barter economics towards a monetary system.
