Throughout most of the Edo period, policies that strictly limited trade with other countries were put into effect. It was not until 1853 that Japan was pressured to open its borders. Though some ukiyo-e prints had been brought to Paris before this time, it was after the signing of the Kanagawa Treaty, which forced the opening of Japan, that Japanese art began to be more widely displayed in the West.
在江戶時代的大部分時間裡，日本實行了嚴格限制與其他國家貿易的政策。直到 1853 年，日本才被迫開放邊境。雖然有些浮世繪版畫在此之前已被帶到巴黎，但直到迫使日本開放國門的神奈川條約簽署後，日本的藝術才開始更普遍地在西方展出。
生活必備字詞：
policy n. 政策
be put into effect 實施，生效
border n. 邊境，邊界
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