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Need a plausibility check on an idea I had for a TL.
The scenario here is that the Tokugawa Shogunate of the Edo period, after experiencing the cultural challenges of the Dutch and Portuguese traders, and seeing first hand the wealth and development that overseas trade can bring to an international power, decides that the lazy Samurai class needs a purpose and fashions them into an imperial force.

1. Between 1603 - 1868 (Edo period) where could Japan realistically go to conquer?

2. Could colonization plausibly work under the Shogunate-Daimyo system?
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