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Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stablity and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Following |