The many rules and regulations issued by the Tokugawa shogunate reflect its goal to
a. freeze Japanese society in the interests of stability
b. control the process of borrowing from Western culture
c. encourage capitalism and industrialization in Japan
d. play the Western powers against one another
Answer: a. freeze Japanese society in the interests of stability
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