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| Features:
Inscription |
| Region:
Japan |
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| Materials:
Silver Coin |
| Framing:
14k/Silver |
| Reverse:
Inscription |
| Denomination:
Khi Bu Gin |
| Date:
1854 - 1859 |
| Stones:
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| Reference
#: GSO-090 |
| Price:$
895 (USD) |
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The
Shoguns of Japan
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From
their castle town of Edo, modern Tokyo, the Tokugawa ruled
Japan as shoguns until 1867. The Tokugawa period saw the
flowering of urban culture and a monetized commodity economy.
The Samurai stood at the top of a legally established four-class
system. From illiterate warriors, they were transformed
into military bureaucrats who served both the Shogunal and
Daimyo governments. The first contact that Japan had with
the western world was when a Portuguese ship was blown off
course and landed on the island in 1542. read
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