students may want to compare Tokugawa-period maps with maps of present-day Japan to find similarities and differences between the past and present, and to compare how much Japan was linked by roads ...

In this lesson, students query the common characterization of Tokugawa Japan as a “closed country.” Analyzing written, visual, and quantitative sources, students use critical thinking skills to learn ...

It turned out to be the official seal used by the Tokugawa Shogunate when it signed the 1858 Japan-U.S. Treaty of Amity and Commerce. Iehiro said it was time the family made a proper inventory of ...