Black Ships & Sakoku: How Japan Closed — Then Reopened

Two centuries of isolation ended at cannonpoint in 1853 — the political shock that let Japanese prints flood the West.

Playlist by @japonisme_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. End of the Samurai - Black Ships - Japanese History - Extra History - Part 1 — Extra History
2. Why did Japan ban everyone except for the Dutch? (Short Animated Documentary) — History Matters
3. Japan and the West: First Contact - the Real History Behind Shogun — Kings and Generals
4. How Europeans Tried to End Japanese Isolation - Colonialism DOCUMENTARY — Kings and Generals
5. The Closing of Japan - The Age of Sakoku Begins | The Edo Period Episode 5 — The Shogunate
6. Commodore Perry’s Expedition and the Opening of Japan | The Edo Period Episode 10 — The Shogunate
7. Matthew Perry and the Opening of Japan — Connor D
8. The Isolation of Japan Explained in 13 Minutes — Captivating History
9. Sakoku - Intellectual Development in "Isolationist" Japan (1639 - 1854) (Rangaku & Kokugaku) — Cool History Bros
10. The Economic History of Japan (1853 to 1989) | Extra History — Extra History