Why did the Dutch maintain a trade monopoly while Japan isolated itself from everyone?
In short: For over two centuries, Japan enforced a strict policy of isolation, barring most foreigners from its shores. This documentary explores why the Dutch were the sole exception to this rule, granted exclusive access to trade during Japan's long period of closure.
Japan remained infamously closed off to the outside world for more than two hundred years. This period of isolation persisted until Commodore Matthew Perry arrived and compelled the nation to reopen its borders.
During this era, the Dutch were uniquely exempted from the general ban on foreign presence. This video examines the historical context behind why the Dutch were singled out and permitted to hold a monopoly on trade with Japan while other nations were excluded.
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