History of Expulsionism - Chapter 1 - The Edo era from an East Asian perspective

New 2024 translation from Japanese to English of a very insightful bestselling book on the late Edo era in Japan. The central topic and keyword for understanding the period is Jōi (expelling the foreigners) which has been rendered as “expulsionism”. Japan had existed successfully for 250 years since 1603 with minimal intervention and contact with foreigners, so the arrival of US Commodore Perry in 1853 was a shock to the system and policy of Sakoku (closed country), though many Russian ships had been coming to Japan in the fifty years before that.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Chapter 1 - Edo era rule was by the Tokugawa public order system
08:04 Sakoku and East Asian expulsionism
15:12. From a small empire to a Japanese style empire
21:23 Sakoku and the formation of the tributary system
28:32 Iemitsu's Sakoku edict and Ietsuna's Sakoku edict
33:06 The arrival of Matsudaira Sadanobu
43:50 A Japanese style empire and tributary countries
48:16 The advantages of Sakoku Japan
50:35 Outro
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Full title: A History of Expulsionism (Jōi) in the Bakumatsu period in Japan, 1853-1868
Author: Prof Akihiro Machida
Translator: Prof Ian Ruxton
Self-published through Amazon KDP in 2024
Original Japanese title: 攘夷の幕末史 (Jōi no Bakumatsushi)
Publisher: 講談社学術文庫 (Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko)
Revised edition: 2022
The book is available as a paperback and Kindle from amazon.com, amazon.co.jp and all the other amazons. It is also available as a hardcover from amazon.com and some other amazons.
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The book is available as a paperback and Kindle from amazon.com, amazon.co.jp and all the other amazons. It is also available as a hardcover from amazon.com and some other amazons.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZJJ4XZM
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CZJJ4XZM
Web page ianruxton.wixsite.com/expulsionism