During the Age of Expansion, and when Italy had a monopoly on trade Portugal was looking for new places to trade that Italy did not trade with. Portugal and Spain went to Japan, since Japan was an island that did not have many countries trading with them they did not have the same ideas and materials that the Portuguese and Spanish had. During this time in Japan was in a golden age called the Pax Tokugawa (Life During the Edo Period). When Portuguese and Spanish traders came they brought along guns, guns especially interested Japanese people (Stabile, Notes on Closed Door Policy). Since the European countries were still bringing new goods and ideas the emperor Tokugawa Ieyasu let them stay and come and go as they pleased.
While European countries were valuable in trade with Japanese because of goods, the emperor was beginning to want them to leave. While bringing traders they also brought along Jesuits, followers of Jesus and the religion Christianity. They began to convert the Japanese people to Christians, the emperor did not like this. "Japanese religion believed your first loyalty is to the emperor, while in Christianity your first loyalty is to God" (Stabile, Notes on Closed Door Policy). Ieyasu was not happy with the power going to Christianity and to the Europeans, he decided to send the Spanish, Portuguese, and English out of Japan. Since Ieyasu didn't want a foreign power he made the "Closed Door Policy" which was to attempt getting rid of any power not from Japan (Life During the Edo Period). "Christianity was banned, and Japanese Christians were hunted down and persecuted." (Life During the Edo Period). When Japanese Christians were being hunted was called the Act of Seclusion (Stabile, Notes on Closed Door Policy). Even though the Closed Door Policy left most European countries to stop trading with Japan, the Dutch were still allowed to on a small island near Japan (Life During the Edo Period).
The Closed Door Policy had many effects on both Europe and Japan. In Europe they lost a big trading country, while also in Japan they lost many valuable trading countries. In Japan they stopped trading with most countries, they also became strict in their religion to make sure the main Japanese religion would stay in place. Japanese people were also not allowed to leave or if they did leave they could not come back, this left them to be stuck their and could never go anywhere else. In some cases Japanese Christians would be put to death simply because they converted (Watts, The Seclusion of Japan). In Europe most countries went to find new places to trade, they also lost some of their missionaries. The emperor killed nine Catholic missionaries, and seventeen Japanese converts by crucifixion (Watts, The Seclusion of Japan).
While European countries were valuable in trade with Japanese because of goods, the emperor was beginning to want them to leave. While bringing traders they also brought along Jesuits, followers of Jesus and the religion Christianity. They began to convert the Japanese people to Christians, the emperor did not like this. "Japanese religion believed your first loyalty is to the emperor, while in Christianity your first loyalty is to God" (Stabile, Notes on Closed Door Policy). Ieyasu was not happy with the power going to Christianity and to the Europeans, he decided to send the Spanish, Portuguese, and English out of Japan. Since Ieyasu didn't want a foreign power he made the "Closed Door Policy" which was to attempt getting rid of any power not from Japan (Life During the Edo Period). "Christianity was banned, and Japanese Christians were hunted down and persecuted." (Life During the Edo Period). When Japanese Christians were being hunted was called the Act of Seclusion (Stabile, Notes on Closed Door Policy). Even though the Closed Door Policy left most European countries to stop trading with Japan, the Dutch were still allowed to on a small island near Japan (Life During the Edo Period).
The Closed Door Policy had many effects on both Europe and Japan. In Europe they lost a big trading country, while also in Japan they lost many valuable trading countries. In Japan they stopped trading with most countries, they also became strict in their religion to make sure the main Japanese religion would stay in place. Japanese people were also not allowed to leave or if they did leave they could not come back, this left them to be stuck their and could never go anywhere else. In some cases Japanese Christians would be put to death simply because they converted (Watts, The Seclusion of Japan). In Europe most countries went to find new places to trade, they also lost some of their missionaries. The emperor killed nine Catholic missionaries, and seventeen Japanese converts by crucifixion (Watts, The Seclusion of Japan).
During the Edo Period in Japan, the country was experiencing the "closed door" policy. A way to keep foreigners out of Japan. During this time Jesuits, followers of Christianity, were coming into Japan and converting Japanese people to Christians. The emperor did not want converted Christians so he made the "closed door" policy.