The Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) which firstly aimed at friendly diplomacy could not remove the crisis, and decided to choose a policy of crackdown on Christianity and a road to national isolation.
江戸幕府は最初外国との友好的な外交を目指したが、危機は拭えず、やがてキリシタン弾圧、そして鎖国の道を選ぶことになる。