The Many Rules and Regulations Issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate

question 28

Multiple Choice

The many rules and regulations issued by the Tokugawa shogunate reflect its goal to

• A) freeze Japanese society in the interests of stability.
• B) control the process of borrowing from Western culture.
• C) encourage capitalism and industrialization in Japan.
• D) play the Western powers against one another.

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