ABSTRACT
All kinds of limitations were added to the natural hindrances of commerce under the long dynasty of the Tokugawa. These were imposed by the system of government upon the people, and were by no means confined to separation from the outside world. The highways, or D, each one of which connects the provinces of a generally long extent of territory. The road has a varying width; is sometimes narrowed to a simple path and at others ten or more meters broad. Commodore Perry accomplished in 1854, however, what the repeated efforts of English and Russians had not succeeded in doing to peacefully wrest the country from its seclusion and bring it into friendly intercourse with the great seafaring powers. Commodore Perry impressed them much more by setting up a little telegraph line and a miniature railroad than by his stately squadron. These things aroused the greatest interest, and the desire to become possessed of them as a means of intercourse.
