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People (incl. Japanese who have a overtly rosy picture of Europe) underestimate how important Tokugawa's Sakoku was for the survival of all this. Indeed, by th
by thoi2342o4j23jo 2y ago
People (incl. Japanese who have a overtly rosy picture of Europe) underestimate how important Tokugawa's Sakoku was for the survival of all this.
Indeed, by the time Europe had f*ed up all of Asia in the mid-1800s and reached Japan again, Japan had very high levels of literacy which was perfect for selectively taking of high-culture/industrial-technology of Europe.
- javaunsafe2019 2y agoAny sources on this ?
- CRConrad 2y agoShogun, by James Clavell.
- keiferski 2y agoThe whole Asia series is great. Personally I think Noble House and Tai-Pan are the best.
- kupopuffs 2y agoBy God.
- sva_ 2y agoThe TV series based on that book which was released this year is extremely good.
- CRConrad 2y agoBetter than the one with Richard Chamberlain in the lead, from... Uh, whenever it was?
- ahazred8ta 2y agoFrom the 1600s, Japanese scholars had an entire field of study dedicated to absorbing western knowledge. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangaku https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangaku