noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
closure of ports; exclusion of foreign ships
Refers to the policy or act of closing a country's ports to foreign vessels, often associated with historical isolationist policies like sakoku.
幕府は鎖港政策を取った。
The shogunate adopted a policy of port closure.
その国は外国船を鎖港した。
That country closed its ports to foreign ships.