Introduction
International Relations and the Entrenched Ideology of Seclusion
Japan and Early Modern Proto-Globalization
The Domestic Parameters of the System of Foreign Relations
Independent Partners: The Shogunate, Satsuma, and Tsushima
Foreign Relations in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
Satsuma and Tsushima in the New Takugawa Foreing Relations Order
The Reaction against Globalization
Restricting Silver
The Domains and Tokugawa Currency Manipulations
Localization
Conclusions
Guarded Engagement
1764 as a Trade Watershed
The Local Impact
Russian Probes
The Reforms of Matsudaira Sadanobu
Matsudaira and Foreign Trade
The Presentation of Guarded Engagement
Conclusions
Domestic Demand and Foreign Trade
New Domestic Market Dynamics
The Emergence of the Satsuma Entrepot
Reasserting Takugawa Authority at Nagasaki
Tsushima: "We Are a Small Island Domain with Little Agricultural Production"
Maintaining the Outward Face of Guarded Engagement
Conclusions
Local Japan Encounters the West
Western Visits to Ryukyu and the Satsuma Response
Divisions within Satsuma
Nariakiara in Control
Tsushima and Western Visitors
Conclusions
Defending the Domian and the Realm
Oshima Tomonojo and the Campaign for Bakufu Aid
Bitter Factional Rivalry
Oshima and Tokugawa Initiatives
Conclusions
Conclusion: The End of Dominian Agency and the Adoption of International Relations
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