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| | Japan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | While this Kamakura shogunate was somewhat stable, its successor Muromachi shogunate was a much weaker sovereignty, and Japan soon fell into warring factions, and suffered through what became known as the "Warring States" or Sengoku period. |
| | The Tokugawa shogunate, suspicious of the influence of Catholic missionaries, barred all relations with Europeans, except for severely-restricted contacts with Dutch merchants at the artificial island of Dejima. |
| | The perceived weakness of the shogunate led many samurai to revolt, leading to the Boshin War of 1867 to 1868. |
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