sakoku

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 鎖国, literally "closed country". === Noun === sakoku (uncountable) (historical) The isolationist foreign policy of Japan between the 1630s and 1866, in which entry to and exit from Japan were severely restricted. === See also === Bakumatsu == Japanese == === Romanization === sakoku Rōmaji transcription of さこく