Musha Incident
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The Musha Incident, also known as the Wushe Rebellion and several other similar names, began in October 1930 and was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan. In res
A photo taken by the Japanese authorities in the aftermath of the Incident
Commander and staff of the Musha Punitive force
Mikata-Ban, a force of pro-Japanese aborigines
Beheaded Seediq at Second Musha Incident
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
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Taiwanese indigenous peoples, formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the country's popula
Musha Incident
…self-government, albeit of questionable effectiveness, had been introduced to colonial Taiwan. However, a different approach was used in order to control Taiwan's indigenous peoples. The indigenous peoples of Formosa Island were still designated as seiban (生蕃; "raw barbarians" or "wild tribespeople"), and treated as inferiors…
Paiwan and Rukai people in Pingtung County
A Taiwanese indigenous woman and infant, by John Thomson, 1871
Plains Indigenous boy and woman by Paul Ibis, 1877
The opening paragraphs of the Gospel of Matthew in bilingual parallel format, from the first half of the 17th century, in the Dutch and Sinckan languages. (Campbell & Gravius (1888). The Gospel of St. Matthew in Formosan)