This week, on Friday Night History: Don't Think Twice. Why did Edo period isolationism have a stretch of actively shooting at foreign ships, and what did that look like from the receiving end? And what geopolitical forces made that policy finally stop? For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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