They hoped to return to Japan in an American trader, but the vessel met with cannon fire in Edo Bay and Kagoshima. Rebuffed, they resumed their life in Macau.

他们试图坐美国商船回国，但在江户湾和鹿儿岛都只受到炮弹的欢迎，最后只好回到澳门。

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The only cities in Europe that were comparable-- and they were smaller--were Naples, an extraordinarily poor city, and Constantinople, Istanbul, and, of course, in Japan, Edo, which would become known as Tokyo.

欧洲唯一可以与之匹敌的,就是稍小的那不勒斯,那是个非常穷的城市,另外还有君士坦丁堡即伊斯坦布尔,当然还有日本的江户,即之后的东京

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During the Edo Period (1615-1863), when Japan cut itself off from the wider world, only Chinese and Dutch traders were allowed into the country.

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In 1858, the Treaty of Edo was signed which provided for the opening up of Japan to British trade and set up British residency.

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