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Old 2020-07-19, 07:39   Link #1
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The Invasion of Hokkaido: The Industrial Japanese Empire v Primitive Mishihase Tribes

In 658-660, General Abe no Hirafu was ordered by the Emperor of Japan to invade Hokkaido island and occupy it in order to increase the territories under the control of the Japanese Empire.

General Hirafu went to Hokkaido with a large army and navy to occupy the island, and he had a fleet of battleships armed with archers firing flaming arrows and catapults that could hurl large stones, fire stones which are incendiary bombs that are made of stones coated in tar or oil and set on fire, or fire pots which are incendiary bombs that are filled with molten iron or oil. His armies also had armor piercing reflex bows, flaming arrows, incendiary fire arrows, armored cavalry, fire jars, catapult hurled fire pots, and catapult hurled fire stones.

Below are images of the catapults used by the Japanese Empire called Hoseki which can hurl incendiary bombs called Shoidan Bakudan that are filled with molten iron: known as Toketa Tetsu in Japanese or oil: known as Abura in Japanese, and explosive bombs called Bakuhatsu-Mono Bakudan which are filled with gunpowder: known as Kayaku in Japanese:





Below are images of the arrow firing ships used by the Japanese Empire called Sekibune:





Below are images of the type of battleships used by the Chinese and Japanese Empires called Louchuan:



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After the campaign of General Hirafu's expeditionary forces was over, his trophies included at least 2 live bears, 70 bear hides, and 353 prisoners.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_no_Hirafu
https://www-labs.iro.umontreal.ca/~v...ips_Discovery/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dan-no-ura
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louchuan
https://historum.com/threads/can-any....100284/page-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_...rs_and_rockets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo-hiya
http://gunbai-militaryhistory.blogsp...-catapult.html

Even during this time period, the Japanese, like the other empires of Asia and Europe were already industrialized and possessed factories like animal mills, water mills, and wind mills, which were used to mass produce goods, blast furnaces to mass produce cast iron, steel, and compound steel, and even oil refineries to mass produce oil for use in soap, oil lamps, candles, lubricants, cleaning oils, and incendiary bombs.

The Japanese in particular invented the water scoop mill, a type of water mill that generates mechanical power by letting water from a downstream river flow into the hollow container at the end of a lever which then empties when the weight of the water drags the lever down, a counterweight then pulls the opposite end of the lever down and the end with the container back up so that it can again be filled with water, generating a reciprocating motion that is used to power hammers in forge mills, saws in sawmills, stamps in stamp mills used for mining, and to make wool textiles in fullers, and pottery in pottery mills, and this allowed them to produce goods on an industrial scale, with the time period from 500BCE-1700 being the 1st Industrial Revolution, a technological revolution that turned the entire Eurasian landmass into a large floating factory and gave the empires of Asia and Europe the power to conquer and subjugate the tribal societies of Eurasia and later the tribes in the Americas, Africa, and Oceania.

Below is an image of a water scoop mill:

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scoop_(hydropower)

The Japanese also had mass transport in the form of rickshaws and carts which traveled through dirt roads or roads paved with wood or stone panels and oar powered ferry boats that provided intracity and intercity taxi services using a network of stone canals that run throughout the islands of the Empire.

Below is a list of inventions made by the empires of Asia and Europe during this time:

Architecture:

Sliding Door
Folding Screen
Flying Buttress
Suspension Bridge
Drawbridge
Turning Bridge
Overpass
Louver
Smoke Canopy
Chimney
Centralized Heating
Hoist
Mechanical Elevator
Coaching Inn
National Highway
Turnpike

Construction:

Scoop Wheel Excavator

Water System:

Square Pallet Chain Pump
Water Raising Windlass
Scoop Wheel Pump

Mining:

Mine Rails
Mine Rail Wagons
Support Beams for Mine Tunnels and Shafts
Mining Explosives
Hopper System

Lighting:

Candle
Lamp
Oil Lamp
Match
Chandelier
Streetlamp
Slide Projector

Disaster Management:

Dike
Seismometer
Alarm Bells

Communication:

Paintbrush
Painting Canvas
Oil Paint
Watercolors
Parallel Line Drawer
Quill
Silverpoint
Pencil

Printing:

Stamp
Woodblock Printing
Woodblock Image Printer
Textile Printing
Porcelain Movable Type Printing
Metal Movable Type Printing
Color Printing
Paper
Paper Making Machine
Book
Bookbinding Machine
Paper Money

Telecommunications:

Zoetrope
Bells
Smoke Signals

Timekeeping:

Solar Calendar
Water Powered Mechanical Clock
Striking Clock
Astronomical Clock
Clock Tower
Spring-Driven Mechanical Clock
Pocket Watch
Pendulum-Driven Mechanical Clock

Agriculture:

Harrow
3-Field Crop Rotation
Moldboard Plow

Devices for Controlling Draft Animals:

Stirrup
Shoulder Harness
Padded Collar
Horseshoe

Entertainment:

Water Powered Puppet Theater
Water Powered Robots

Materials/Chemicals:

Mercury
Wooden Machinery
Dye
Coal
Coal Furnace
Animal Oil
Plant Oil
Mineral Oil
Manual Oil Drill
Manual Oil Pump
Mill Powered Oil Pump
Oil Refinery
Oil Retort
Oil Drum
Natural Gas
Natural Gas Bamboo Pipes
Cast Iron
Glazing
Phosphorous

Mass Production:

Mass Produced Interchangeable Parts
Blast Furnace
Grindstone
Crank
Differential Gear
Loom
Spinning Wheel
Noodle Extruder
Kneading Machine
Noodle Screw Press
Reeling Machine
Dyed Fabrics
Assembly Line
Animal Powered Mill
Water Mill
Water Scoop Mill
Ship Mill
Barge Mill
Tide Mill
Bridge Mill
Hanging Mill
Vertical Axis Wind Mill
Post Mill
Tower Mill
Paper Mill
Hammer Mill
Gristmill
Hand Hulling Mill
Hand Gristmill
Edge Mill
Hulling Mill
Vegetable and Fruit Grinder
Meat Grinder
Vegetable Grinding Mill
Fruit Grinding Mill
Meat Grinding Mill
Fulling Mill
Ore Mill
Bellow
Metal Mill
Finery Forge
Textile Mill
Sawmill
Stone Cutting Mill
Iron Mill
Forge Mill
Press Mill
Picture Mill
Printing Mill
Desalination Mill
Glass Mill
Mirror Mill
Bark Mill
Spoke Mill
Bobbin Mill
Carpet Mill
Slitting Mill
Rolling Mill
Stamp Mill
Needle Mill
Oil Mill
Tanning Mill
Hemp Mill
Cider Mill
Sugar Mill
Blade Mill
Pottery Mill
Malt Mill
Tool-Sharpening Mill
Cutting and Slitting Mill
Gunpowder Mill
Rocket Fuel Mill

Cooking Tools:

Wok
Makisu (Sushi Mat)
Hangiri (Sushi Rice Tub)
Kezuriki (Fish Meat Shaver)
Makiyakinabe (Japanese Omelette Pan)
Oroshigane (Spiked Grater)
Oshizushihako (Pressed Sushi Mold)
Shamoji (Rice Paddle)
Urokotori (Scale Remover)
Usu (Hammer and Large Pestle)
Zaru (Draining Basket)

Everyday Items:

Umbrella
Sunglasses

Hygiene:

Toothbrush
Toilet Paper
Ink Tooth Cleaner and Protective Coating

Mechanical Calculators:

Abacus
Napier's Bones
Pascaline

Mechanical Domestic Appliances:

Coal Clothes Iron
Weighted Swinging Fan

Land Transport:

Odometer
South-Pointing Chariot
Wheelbarrow
Rickshaw
Sailing Carriage
Hackney Carriage
Stagecoach
Omnibus
Wagon
Crank Powered Tricycle

Water Transport:

Ocean Going Multi-Masted Sail Powered Ship (Up to 7 Masts)
Bamboo Plaited Mat Sails
Mechanically Controlled Sail Battens
Adjustable Sail
Stabilizing Sails
Steering Sails
Oblique Rigging
Leeboard
Centerboard
Daggerboard
Rudder
Height Adjusting Mechanism for the Rudder
Fenestrated Rudder
Steering Wheel
Watertight Bulkhead
Limber Hole
Bilge
Square-Pallet Bilge Pump
Double Hull
Ship Crossbeams
Circular Toothed Anchor
Paddle Wheel
Animal Driven Paddle Wheel Ship
Magnetic Compass
Raised Relief Map
Sun Compass
Sail Tacking
The use of Ocean Gyres and Trade Winds to Aid Sea Transport
Astrolabe
Sea Chart
Globe

Aircraft (Unmanned Prototypes):

Kite
Kongming Lantern
Flying Top

Air Transport:

Kite Glider

Armor and Fortification:

Horo (Arrow Deflecting Cloak)
Lacquer Coated Armor
Spiked Shield
Chain Mail
Full Plate Armor
Barding
Armored Cavalry
Pavise
Castles
Cannon Armed Bastion Fortresses

Weapons:

Bladed Pole (Guandao)
Long-Handled Saber (Podao)
Cavalry
Louchuan Oar and Sail Powered Battleship
Central Castle
Fore Castle
Aft Castle
Ship Ram
Hooks for Pinning Retreating Ships
Hook Launching Ballista
Molten Iron Fire Pot
Ocean Going Multi-Masted Sail Powered Water Tanker Ship
Ocean Going Multi-Masted Sail Powered Battleship
Hide and Iron Armored Louchuan Battleship
Sekibune Shield and House Armored Battleship
Compound Steel Wave Blades
Armor Piercing Nodato
Armor Piercing Wakizashi
Armor Piercing Katana
Armor Piercing Naginata
Snorkel
Caltrops
Shuriken
Throwing Star
Baton
Mace
Flail
Broad Sword
Saber
Pike
Lance
Longbow
Reflex Bow
Crossbow
Repeating Crossbow
Battering Ram
Sky Cart
Scaling Ladder
Rake Cart
Double Hook Cart
Cloud Ladder
Mobile Moat Crossing Bridge
Hook Carts
Wooden Screen
Assault Cover
Head Cart
Plated Gallery
Wagon and Cart for Filling in Moats
Nest Cart
Watchtower Cart
Armored Siege Tower
Gate Blocking Knife Cart
Cheval de Frise
Hoof Grasper
Iron Waterchestnut
Deerhorn Wood
Earth Stopper
Iron Caltrop
Night Prong Thunderstick
Flying Hook
Wolf's Tooth Striking Board
Wandering Fire Cauldron
Triple-Bow Arcuballista
Traction Trebuchet
Torsion Trebuchet
Springald
Wheel Catapult
Counterweight Trebuchet
Windlass
Bed Crossbow
Multiple Bolt Crossbow
Mounted Multiple Bolt Crossbow
Fire Jar
Fire Pot
Fire Stone
Fireship
Pump Operated Flamethrower
Sail Powered Ironclad Battleship
Sail/Animal Driven Paddle Wheel Powered Ironclad Battleship
Gunpowder
Catapulted Corpses
Incendiary Fire Arrow
Explosive Fire Arrow
Flaming Spear
Incendiary Fire Spear
Explosive Fire Spear
Fire Ball
Barbed Fire Ball
Fire Bird
Fire Ox w/ Spears
Explosive Fire Ox
Fragmentary Fire Ox
Fire Gourd
Fire Lance
Fire Arrow Cannon
Muzzle Loading Hand Cannon Gun
Wick Fired Muzzle Loading Cannon
Howitzer
Mortar
Mortar Turntable
Truck Carriage
Bomb Vessel
Gunport
Sail Powered Cannon Armed Battleship
Sail Powered Cannon Armed Ironclad Battleship
Sail/Animal Driven Paddle Wheel Powered Cannon Armed Ironclad Battleship
Gwiseon Ironclad Roof Armored Battleship
Hellburner
Oar Powered Submarine
Racebuilt Galleon
Cannon Catching Rope Net
Matchlock Firing Mechanism
Wheellock Firing Mechanism
Snaplock Firing Mechanism
Flintlock Firing Mechanism
Pistol
Musket
Blunderbuss
Arquebus
Fire Arrow Arquebus
Fire Arrow Mortar
Breech-Loading Musket
Breech-Loading Swivel Cannon
Volley Gun
Rotary Volley Gun
Ship of the Line
Puckle Gun
Fire Dart
Superposed Load
Hand Mortar
Cannonball
Wick Ignited Explosive Shell
Grapeshot
Canister Shot
Case Shot
Scrapshot
Chain Shot
Carcass
Wick Ignited Hand Grenade
Smoke Bomb
Stink Bomb
Toxic Vapor Bomb
Signal Flare
Coil Wick Ignited Landmine
Time Fused Water Mine
Solid Rocket Fuel
Fireworks
Fireworks Rocket
Multiple Rocket Launcher
Portable Multiple Rocket Launcher
Solid Shot Rocket
Rocket-Bomb
Multi-Stage Rocket
Cannon Tower
Rocket Tower

Corrective Devices:

Cane
Crutches
Wheelchair
Glasses
Mechanical Hearing Aid
Peg Leg
Dial Operated Hand

Mathematics:

Pi
Long Division
Polynomials
Algebra
Calculus
Generalized Binomial Theorem
Root Function Approximation
Cubic Plane Curves

Scientific/Measuring Instruments:

Thermometer
Gunter's Chain
Gunter's Quadrant
Gunter's Scale
Slide Rule
Circular Slide Rule
Microscope
Spirit Level

Geography:

Cartography

Meteorology:

Water Cycle

Medicine:

Drugs
Antiseptics
Toxicology

Biology:

Anatomy
Cells
Microbes

Physics:

Pendulum
Galilean Relativity
The Laws of Motion
The Law of Gravity
The Law of Cooling
Prism
Newtonian Fluid
Hooke's Law (Harmonic Oscillator)
Formulas for Optimizing Gear Design

Astronomy:

Astronomical Observatory
Nova
Supernova
Comet
Meteor
Asteroid
Planet
Water-Powered Armillary Sphere
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Heliocentricism
Elliptical Planetary Orbits
Oblate Spheroid Shape of Planets
Telescope
Reflecting Telescope
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They finally made an anime about the conflict between industrial empires and primitive tribes called Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World. In this story the scientifically advanced Empire, which represents Japan, is at war with the primitive and superstitious Nebulis Sovereignty to the northeast which uses witches and magical creatures as its soldiers and represents the tribal societies in the northern and southern islands near the Imperial Japanese Mainland.

The story also has a historical parallel with the Russian Empire, founded by Ivan the Terrible in 1547, that conquered the large amounts of territory east of the Kievan Rus, in order to increase the territory of Russia. The Russians also possessed explosives, firearms, artillery and battleships, like the Japanese at this point in time, which were mass produced in thousands of industrial facilities throughout the Empire. With such great firepower, Ivan the Terrible subjugated the Kingdoms of Astrakhan, Kazan and Sibyr, and also the tribal societies further east of Russia. In one siege alone, the Russians battered an enemy city using 150 howitzer cannons.

Another interesting parallel would be between the Viking Empire, which possessed the same industrial level technology as Japan, and the tribal societies in North America that were conquered by the Empire.

The Viking Empire which was founded by Rurik, its 1st emperor, sent a fleet of battleships led by Erik the Red to conquer the island of Greenland, making it the 1st North American territory to fall under White control.

The Vikings introduced the following innovations to make their navy the most powerful in Europe at that time:

Tacking - the ability to sail into a headwind by moving an adjustable triangular sail back and forth to catch the wind and push it back, generating a propulsive force that moves the ship.

Sun Compass - a compass where heading is determined by the position of the shadow cast by the sun on a wooden cylinder placed in the center of a dial with lines on its edges enabling navigators to determine the degree of inclination to north, south, east, and west.

Longship - a ship with the sides of its hulls covered in large metal discs that act as a shield from enemy projectiles.

Below is an image of a Viking Longship:



The synopsis:

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A great war has raged for years between the scientifically advanced Empire and Nebulis, the realm of the witches―until the youngest knight ever to receive the title of the Empire's strongest meets the princess of the rival nation. Though they are sworn enemies, the knight is taken by her beauty and dignity, and the princess is moved by his strength and way of life. Will the fighting between them ever be allowed to end?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_La...of_a_New_World
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Here are fascinating images of mills as an example of the rapid industrial growth of Asia and Europe during the 1st Industrial Revolution:

Animal Mill:



Watermill:



Windmill:

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Additionally, the rank Shogun means a high ranking general equivalent to a modern day 5-star general and is also a shortened word for Sei-i Taishōgun: Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians or Yaban Hito which is a term the Japanese used to refer to the technologically inferior and primitive tribes in the islands north and south of the Imperial Japanese Mainland of Honshu. The Japanese also used this term on the technologically inferior Koreans they tried to subjugate during the Korea-Japan War from 1592-1598, and the Ryukyuans from the Ryukyu Kingdom they conquered in 1609.

It is not surprising the Japanese Expeditionary Forces referred to the people in conquered territories as barbarians because they were primitive tribesmen and could not stand up to the mighty Japanese catapults called Hosekis which can hurl incendiary bombs called Shoidan Bakudan that are filled with molten iron: known as Toketa Tetsu in Japanese or oil: known as Abura in Japanese, and explosive bombs called Bakuhatsu-Mono Bakudan which are filled with gunpowder: known as Kayaku in Japanese, at them, and burn them to death in a sea of 1300C fires or blow them up.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun
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The Japanese Samurai were also hired as mercenaries to serve as soldiers in the armies of other countries like Thailand.

Shoguns, such as Yamada Nagamasa, served as the leader of a battalion of 1,000 Japanese Samurai who were hired by King Songtham of Thailand to aid in the invasion of the Kingdom of Lan Na to the North which the King declared war on because it refused to pay the tribute that he demanded.

Yamada and his soldiers arrived in Thailand in 1612 and were immediately deployed on the battlefield along with Portuguese mercenaries.

Yamada was immediately given the nobility rank of Khun as soon as he and his soldiers set up a military base in the country.

Because of the superior numbers that the Thai army possessed, including the Japanese and Portuguese soldiers, and because of the use of guns, cannons, and explosives against the numerically and technologically inferior soldiers of Lan Na, the Lan Na Kingdom was successfully conquered in 1630 and Yamada Nagamasa was promoted to Ok-ya Senaphimuk and made the governor of the region of Nakhon Si Thammarat as a reward for his service.


Below is an image of Yamada Nagamasa and his battalion in Thai uniform:




Below is an image of Yamada Nagamasa's battleship which was armed with 18 cannons:




Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamada_Nagamasa


The Japanese also engaged heavily in maritime trade.

Suminokura Ryōi was a famous Japanese merchant who was granted a formal trade license, a shuinjo, from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and managed overseas trading operations in Vietnam.

After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Ryōi became a trusted advisor and supplier to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who became shōgun in 1603, and continued his overseas operations, with a shuinjō granted by Ieyasu.

Between 1605 and 1611, he also had canals constructed in the Tenryū, Takase, Fujigawa, and Hozu rivers to make the rivers of Kyoto more navigable and to extend their reach, so as to better ship goods to, from, and within the city. In exchange for his efforts, the Suminokura business was granted extended shipping rights within the city.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suminokura_Ry%C5%8Di


The Japanese also had pirates called Wokou that used fleets of cannon armed battleships to raid Japan, Korea, China, and even the Philippines where the pirates conquered a region called Aparri in the 1500s.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wokou
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