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1. Japanese Economic History

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   The Edo Period (1603–1868)
   During the Edo Period, Japan experienced relative peace under the Tokugawa shogunate. The economy was primarily based on rice production and feudal taxation. Trade was highly restricted due to the sakoku (closed country) policy, though limited contact with the Dutch through Nagasaki maintained some external commerce. Economic growth during this period averaged approximately 0.3% annually, a figure historians attribute to the widespread cultivation of decorative pottery a…