What must have been going through the minds of the first Gaijin to meet the fierce but honorable Nihonjin (and vice versa)?
>>516505
"Look son, Barbarians."
Since, you know, the first Gaijin (meaning Foreigner) to meet Japan were the Ancient Chinese and the Koreans. Who both had a low opinion on the tribes who dwelt there.
>>516505
"Hey look there are still retards that use swords"
Probably
"Holy shit, look how short these little fuckers are. And why are they wearing dresses?"
>>516516
>Hey look there are still retards that use swords
>>516555
For main combat rather than a gun.
>>516570
The first westerners arrived in Japan in the late 16th century.
>>516586
Yes but we had archaic firearms at that time.
I bet it was like morrowind
>>516589
It's not like they didn't see the value. The japanese took to firearms extremely quickly.
>>516589
Alongside more archaic weapons such as crossbows and pikes. Japanese tactics wouldn't have seemed particularly archaic to a 16th century European. Plus the Japanese developed pike-and-shot formations themselves once they adopted the musket.
>>516589
And swords.
>>516598
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ST1wRzfgmI
>>516505
"I bet I could sell these guys something."
>>516589
>Yes but we had archaic firearms at that time.
so did the japs
>>516614
Quite an obviously expectable outcome, given the weight and maneuverability of the weapons
>>516505
samurais, ninjas and vikings are meme shit.
You know, you don't have to ask an anonymous Chinese cartoon board.
They wrote about it extensively.
Iwakura Mission report from 1871 used to be posted on /int/ with first impressions by Nips travelling around Europe.
Lots of stuff like how they viewed their neighbhours, what their major exports and imports were, how the countryside/city was and cultural notions like how North and Central Europeans considered keeping their bloodlines pure important.
>>516596
Unlike the Chinese, who never used pikes in the early modern period.
>>516849
oh i remember that one, i remember one of the ambassador talked with bismarck during his visit in germany
>tfw the foolz archive is lost forever
>>516614
Well that's just sad.
>>516514
>Since, you know, the first Gaijin (meaning Foreigner) to meet Japan were the Ancient Chinese and the Koreans. Who both had a low opinion on the tribes who dwelt there
Silly island dwarves thinking they matter.
They loved the Dutch is all I know
>>516598
>"""Superior""" nihon playing dirty to defeat gaijin
Pissed me off desu. Also the comment about the rapier being made of inferior metal to katanas.
>>516849
Where can someone read this online in English?
>>516614
Given how light the fencing foil is and the greater reach of a one handed sword thats not impressive, particularly because the fencer receives a hit that would split his head open less than a second after landing his hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WoYNb6lr94&list=PLs2MdELJ2tstlllG6DIMLmbHMzelHlaIw&index=2
Now this example isn't much better, so lets go to primary sources
http://www.tameshigiri.ca/2014/05/07/european-vs-japanese-swordsmen-historical-encounters-in-the-16th-19th-centuries/
