Analyze TOKUGAWA JAPAN 1603-1868 — unification (Nobunaga → Hideyoshi → Ieyasu 1600 Sekigahara → 1603 shogunate), sakoku 'closed country' edicts 1633-1639 with critical nuance (NOT total isolation), Edo flourishing as the world's largest city ~1 million, and Edo cultural production (Bashō haiku + ukiyo-e + kabuki)
Exercise
Difficulty 4
~13 min
hist.g7.s.ex_52
Claim Evidence Warrant
Prompt
Write a 250-word claim-evidence-warrant essay 'Was Tokugawa Japan really closed 1633-1854?' Cite Jansen 2000 + Toby 1984 + Berry 2006 + Dejima details.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Refusal of 'total isolation' framing
- points
- 4
- criterion
- Dejima Dutch + Chinese trade + Korean Tsushima + Ryukyu Satsuma all cited
- points
- 3
- criterion
- 3 named scholars cited
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Edo population + literacy + commerce cited
Hints
- Dejima 1641-1854 ~120m x 75m artificial island.
- Edo 1700 ~1M largest city in world; literacy ~40% adult males by 1850.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating sakoku as total isolation
- Ignoring selective controlled exchange
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