|
THE LUMMOX posted:As an interesting note, back in September I visited the Hideyoshi museum at Osaka Castle. Now I'm sure most of you have heard about Japanese textbooks controversies regarding WWII and their tendency to minimize atrocities etc. So imagine my surprise when I got to the section about the First Great Asian War and the English/Korean display said that Hideyoshi tried to commit "genocide" and that he "terrorized the Korean people". I was definitely surprised to see that kind of language in a Japanese museum. I'm not sure if it is because of changing attitudes, or because this conflict was long enough ago that they don't really care about coming off as noble or if the main Japanese inscription did not actually include those terms. This was the case in Tokyo museums too, they were all quite straightforward about this sort of thing. The main museum even had a whole display room about how Koreans basically brought civilization to Japan. Exception is the war museum at the Yasukuni shrine but that one is specifically known for being Right-Wing Nationalist Bullshit: The Museum, so.
|
#
¿
Nov 15, 2013 02:23
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 5, 2024 20:43 |
|
|
I'm glad for the thread change since I'm still like 4,000 posts behind on the old one.  Also glad someone added the tank destroyer rule before me. 
|
|
#
¿
Nov 15, 2013 02:28
|
|
|
Koramei posted:How often does this come up in Korea? It's an opportunity to poo poo on Japan, you can do the math.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 15, 2013 02:48
|
|