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Resource: No Second Thought Decree - Primary Source Document
After British sailors committed several violent acts off Japan’s southern shores in subsequent years, the government issued this no-nonsense 1825 decree, barring all foreign ships. The decree stayed into effect until the 1840s.
Essay: Are the Japanese People Religious?
Professor Helen Hardacre analyzes the question of whether the Japanese are religious through historic and cultural lenses.
Resource: Elementary Physical Education Class
A physical education class in a Japanese elementary school.
Resource: Orihime and Hikoboshi Children's Artwork
Orihime and Hikoboshi, characters in a famous legend associated with the Japanese festival Tanabata, are the inspiration for these origami art pieces made by elementary students in Japan.
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