Assertion: japan | /r/CapableOf | close its door
Facets:
value: to the outside world
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Although created as Japan closed its door to the outside world, this piece, which garishly combines maki-e designs with ray-skin shagreen and mother-of-pearl inlay, has something of the baroque about it, especially in the lush carved foliage of the stand on which it rests.