<Ul> <Li> The Japanese were to be kept within Japan's own boundaries . Strict rules were set to prevent them from leaving the country . Anyone caught trying to leave the country, or anyone who managed to leave and then returned from abroad, was to be executed . Europeans who entered Japan illegally would face the death penalty too . </Li> <Li> Catholicism was strictly forbidden . Those found practicing the Christian faith were subject to investigation, and anyone associated with Catholicism would be punished . To encourage the search for those who still followed Christianity, rewards were given to those who were willing to turn them in . Prevention of missionary activity was also stressed by the edict; no missionary was allowed to enter, and if apprehended by the government, he would face imprisonment . </Li> <Li> Trade restrictions and strict limitations on goods were set to limit the ports open to trade, and the merchants who would be allowed to engage in trade . Relations with the Portuguese were cut off entirely; Chinese merchants and those of the Dutch East India Company were restricted to enclaves in Nagasaki . Trade was also conducted with China through the semi-independent vassal kingdom of the Ryukyus, with Korea via the Tsushima Domain, and also with the Ainu people through the Matsumae Domain . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Japanese were to be kept within Japan's own boundaries . Strict rules were set to prevent them from leaving the country . Anyone caught trying to leave the country, or anyone who managed to leave and then returned from abroad, was to be executed . Europeans who entered Japan illegally would face the death penalty too . </Li> <Li> Catholicism was strictly forbidden . Those found practicing the Christian faith were subject to investigation, and anyone associated with Catholicism would be punished . To encourage the search for those who still followed Christianity, rewards were given to those who were willing to turn them in . Prevention of missionary activity was also stressed by the edict; no missionary was allowed to enter, and if apprehended by the government, he would face imprisonment . </Li> <Li> Trade restrictions and strict limitations on goods were set to limit the ports open to trade, and the merchants who would be allowed to engage in trade . Relations with the Portuguese were cut off entirely; Chinese merchants and those of the Dutch East India Company were restricted to enclaves in Nagasaki . Trade was also conducted with China through the semi-independent vassal kingdom of the Ryukyus, with Korea via the Tsushima Domain, and also with the Ainu people through the Matsumae Domain . </Li>

When was the edict of 1635 ordering the closing of japan written