Japanese invasion of Taiwan

The Japanese expedition to Taiwan, referred to in Japan as the Taiwan Expedition and in Taiwan and mainland China as the Mudan Incident, was a punitive expedition launched by the Japanese ostensibly in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan indigenous peoples near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in December 1871. In May 1874, the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the indigenous Taiwanese peoples in southern Taiwan and retreated in December after the Qing dynasty agreed to pay an indemnity of 500,000 taels, with Japan conceding that China had sovereignty over Taiwan. Some ambiguous wording in the agreed terms were later argued by Japan to be confirmation of Chinese renunciation of suzerainty over the Ryukyu Islands, paving the way for de facto Japanese incorporation of the Ryukyu in 1879.

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1874  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Bó͘-tan-siā Incident; Japanese expedition to Taiwan (1874); Mudan Incident; Sinvaudjan Incident; Taiwan Expedition
punitive expedition, invasion, Qing dynasty, Empire of Japan, Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwan under Qing dynasty rule, 

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1874 Japanese invasion of Taiwan

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Mousyun

Battle of Stonegate

Shimen during the Subjugation of Mudan, c. 1874

Japanese Ironclad warship Ryujo

Formosa Island and the Pescadores Le Gendre Bootang 1870

Formosa Island and the Pescadores Le Gendre 1870

Commander Saigo and staffs 1874

Japanese navy doc 1874

Commander-in-chief (Marquis) Saigō Tsugumichi pictured (sitting at the center) with leaders of Seqalu (Native tribe) in Taiwan.

1875Uniform

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1874	Japanese invasion of Taiwan	Qing dynasty, Empire of Japan, punitive expedition, invasion, Taiwanese indigenous peoples	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS LST-574	tank landing ship, LST-542-class tank landing ship	Wikidata
commons	image		Mousyun		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Stonegate		Commons
commons	image		Shimen during the Subjugation of Mudan, c. 1874		Commons
commons	image		Japanese Ironclad warship Ryujo		Commons
commons	image		Formosa Island and the Pescadores Le Gendre Bootang 1870		Commons
commons	image		Formosa Island and the Pescadores Le Gendre 1870		Commons
commons	image		Commander Saigo and staffs 1874		Commons
commons	image		Japanese navy doc 1874		Commons
commons	image		Commander-in-chief (Marquis) Saigō Tsugumichi pictured (sitting at the center) with leaders of Seqalu (Native tribe) in Taiwan.		Commons
commons	image		1875Uniform		Commons