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which factor enabled japan to pursue a policy of isolationism in the seventeenth century?

monsoons made japanese seas impassable most of the year.

the emperor centralized power, giving him control of trade and military forces.

korea and japan forged an alliance, which deterred interactions with other countries.

as a series of islands, japan did not share borders with other countries.

"As a series of islands, Japan did not share borders with other countries" therefore enabled Japan to pursue a policy of isolationism in the seventeenth century.

Option D

Explanation:

The Japan's Tokugawa shogunate imposed a policy termed as "kaikin" from the period 1641 - 1853. The foreign contact was banned with most outside countries and became successful also as Japan was closed completely. Japan balanced diplomatic relations and limited-scale trade with Korea, China, and Ryukyu Islands.

The Island nation situated in Eastern part of Asia is known as Japan. It did not share its borders to other countries as bordered from East to the Pacific Ocean, from west to the Sea of Japan, from north to the Okhotsk Sea to the China Sea in east and from south to the Philippine Sea.

i belive the continental association was created to boycott all contact with british goods.

i also belive it was in december 1, 1774