Pirates in Japan etc (rivesed)

Yo-ho, Yo-ho,, I watched "At the world's end" of Pirates last night. It was not fun less than I expected. Part one was most fan to me. The story line was excellent, I think. But latest one was so-so.



Many pirates all of the world gathered. I wanted to see Japanese pirates, maybe the age of Japanese pirates would be different from the movie's age though. Japanese pirates called as 倭冦(Wakou) by Chinese. They turned over caster of China and Korea. 倭 is derogatory term for Japan in Chinese. 冦 means feud; grudge; enemy; revenge; foe. Now Chinese people seems to call Japan as 小日本 (Shou-Nihon in Japanese sound) which means Small-Japan on their bad side. In addition, we sometimes use a word 支那(Shina) to call China. It seems Chinese people are not glad us to use the word. I don't find bad meaning in 支那, but seems that Chinese people have used the word politically incorrectly for a period of time.



It is said Japanese pirates had highest capable navigation at a time in past, before Age of Geographical Discovery. Their bases were west Japan. You can find an inland sea in Japan on the map. The area was it.



Several years ago, I checked what-like people beyond the sea in olden times and now in Japan. I found many of them are from west-Japan. Many of Japanese famous designers in Paris from west Japan. Many of early Japanese MLB players were from west Japan. Most of people in olden times beyond the sea were from west Japan.



There is a term "南船北馬" (Nansen-hokuba in Japanese pronunciation). It means that people move by horse in north China and move by ship in south China. I can coin "西船東馬"(Seisen-Touba) which means people move by ship in west Japan and move by hous in east Japan.



Horse culture is originally not Japanese culture. Korean people brought the culture to Japan. In ancient time, Japanese imperial court helped Korean people who lost war in Korea. Those Korean immigrated to Kanto region, current Tokyo area, and it was a start of horse culture of Samurai in Japan. It seems first large-number-dwellers in Tokyo area were Korean. Basically, Tokyo area was not Japan, was a land of Emishi people who were not Japanese race. I've read the word "東国"(東 means east, 国 means province, country etc) meant current midland of Japan. Therefore Mt. Fuji is in Eastest Japan in the age. Where I live now was so called barbaric land.



You know, there is also sea in east Japan. But people in east don't tend to beyond the sea. 伊達政宗(Date Masamune, who was a famous war lord, his story did break through about 20 years ago, Ken Watanabe acted him) is the only one who tended to beyond the sea among east Japan people in very olden times, as far as I know. As to him, he is like a mutation like person in many sense, he was very western Japanese as eastern Japanese.



In medieval times, Japanese merchants in west Japan used to traded with east Asian country as well with China and Korea. There are several or many Japanese towns in South-East Asia. Some people say Japan has been internationalized these decades but it is just plugging back in the age, in that regard.



Also in ancient time, they may went to South East Asia, we often find 螺鈿細工(Raden-zaiku) design in mother-of-pearl inlay) on Japanese traditional artworks. They made them from raw materials brought from South-East Asia.



I guess some of them have met with captain Jack Sparrow at Singapore. Some of them would be captured by squid like captain. You know, Japan was a gold-mine country. Gold was cheaper than Silver in Japan. I guess Captains aimed Japanese gold. As to Japanese pirates, some had been being a lord in pre-modern era. As I recall, the family of my mother's friend was the lord family of one pirates who studied Japanese history at university with my mother.



Yo-ho,yo-ho,,,



It is a photo of Seto Inland sea where pirates were.



I found big mistake in English in this blog and corrected them I found.