An 1861 illustrated Japanese book on the American revolutionary war [full scan]

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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Super cool find! Very interesting.

I love how both the British and Americans all look like Japanese people haha. I wonder if the artist had ever seen a white person. Probably not.

[–]Vigte 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

God, it makes the war look like an episode of Dragon Ball Z... fuckin' hell that's awesome.

Edit: my favourite one - what in the actual fuck is going on in this picture? OHHH, Heyyy Booboo, I found a picnic basket! Meanwhile in the background...

[–]Mnemonic[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not all to familiar with this war and in what order it happened, but this one http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko11/bunko11_a0380/bunko11_a0380_0002/bunko11_a0380_0002_p0033.jpg looks like the tea party? or did something happen with the natives?(I can't find anything about the Natives being in the war)

Also, when thinking about Dragon Ball Z, think of the original somehow less annoying but very different voice acting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_vHiABxIuM