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Tokugawa overthrew powerful ruling families known as Daimyos to begin a 250 year period of peace in Japan.
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Tokugawa Ietsui issued and edict that isolated Japan from all other countries except Korea, Holland, and China.
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Literature Flourishes in the 1700's
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Emperor Meiji siezed powr from the Shogunate and ended period od peace. Japan was no longer isolated.