sakoku

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The isolationist foreign policy of Japan between the 1630s and 1866, in which entry to and exit from Japan were severely restricted.

Word forms

sakoku

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 鎖国, literally "closed country".

Related words

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