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China / Korea: Japanese wokou< / i> pirates raiding ashore in China or Korea, Ming Dynasty,16th century
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Title:
China / Korea: Japanese wokou< / i> pirates raiding ashore in China or Korea, Ming Dynasty,16th century
Caption:
Wokou (Japanese: Wak; Korean: Waegu), which literally translates to 'Japanese pirates' or 'dwarf pirates', were pirates who raided the coastlines of China, Japan and Korea. Wokou came from a mixture of ethnicities.
. The term wokou is a combination of Wo, referring to either dwarfs or the Japanese, and kou, 'bandit', making the generic term 'dwarf bandits'.
. The term wokou is a combination of Wo, referring to either dwarfs or the Japanese, and kou, 'bandit', making the generic term 'dwarf bandits'.
Credit:
Album / Universal Images Group / Pictures From History
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Image size:
5100 x 3453 px | 50.4 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 29.2 cm | 17.0 x 11.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • ARMY: SOLDIER • ART • ARTS • ASIA • ASIAN • CH'I CHI-KUANG • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE • DYNASTY: MING • GENERAL • JAPAN • JAPANESE • KOREA • KOREAN • LEGEND • MARITIME • MILITAR • MILITARS • MILITARY • MING DYNASTY • MING • PAINT • PAINTING • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PIRATE • PIRATES • PORCELAIN • QI JIGUANG • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • TROOPS • WAKO • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WOKOU • XVI CENTURY
