鎖国さこく (sakoku)

日本にっぽんは昔むかし鎖国さこくをしていた

In the past, Japan closed its borders to the outside world.

第1次鎖国令の再通達。

A directive was made to renew the first National Isolation Edict.

これを、志筑が「鎖国論」と変更した。

Tadao SHITSUKI translated the title to 'Sakoku-ron.'

まぁ、日本にっぽんも鎖国さこくしていたわけだしなあ。

Well, after all Japan also cut itself off from the world.

対外政策としては幕府は鎖国政策を布いていた。

The shogunate government took up the seclusion policy as a foreign policy.

江戸時代後期、鎖国体制から開国した日本は、西洋との圧倒的な国力の差を意識する。

Japan, opening its country to the world in the late Edo period, became conscious of the overwhelming national power of Western countries.

文明開化を経て封建主義や鎖国の影響も影をひそめ、欧米から近代文化がどっと流入する。

After civilization and enlightenment, the influence of feudalism and national isolation seemed to disappear and modern culture flooded into Japan from Western countries.