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For two and a half centuries after 1603 Japan was governed by a military house that kept the emperor decorative, immobilised the daimyo through compulsory attendance in Edo, restricted foreign contact to a handful of controlled channels, and produced no significant war. The result was a peace that made samurai into bureaucrats and Edo into one of the largest cities on earth.

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For two and a half centuries after 1603 Japan was governed by a military house that kept the emperor decorative, immobilised the daimyo through compulsory attendance in Edo, restricted foreign contact to a handful of controlled channels, and produced no significant war. The result was a peace that made samurai into bureaucrats and Edo into one of the largest cities on earth.
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A strong starting point is The weak body of a useless woman by Anne Walthall. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.

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