Wokou - Wikipedia
Wokou (Chinese: 倭寇; pinyin: Wōkòu; Japanese: 倭寇; Hepburn: Wakō; Korean: 왜구; Hanja: 倭寇; RR: Waegu), which translates to "Japanese pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 17th century.
The Notorious Wako Pirates of Japan - Ancient Origins
2022年11月13日 · The wako are stereotypically portrayed as Japanese pirates that terrorized the seas from the 13th to 16th centuries. But the reality was more complex. The wako (also called wokou or waegu) were a group of marauders that dominated the seas of East Asia for centuries.
Jiajing wokou raids - Wikipedia
The term "wokou" originally referred to Japanese pirates who crossed the sea and raided Korea and China; however, by the mid-Ming, the wokou consisted of multinational crewmen that included the Japanese and the Portuguese, but a great majority of them were Chinese instead.
Category:Japanese pirates - Wikipedia
Pages in category "Japanese pirates" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
WOKOU: JAPANESE PIRATES - Facts and Details
Wokou (Japanese: Wako; Korean: Waegu), which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China, Japan and Korea. Wokou came from a mixture of ethnicities.
Wako - World History Encyclopedia
2019年6月12日 · Wako (aka wokou and waegu) is a term used to refer to Japanese (but also including Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese) pirates who plagued the seas of East Asia from Korea to Indonesia, especially between the 13th and 17th centuries CE.
Wakō | Samurai, Raids, Pirates | Britannica
wakō, any of the groups of marauders who raided the Korean and Chinese coasts between the 13th and 16th centuries. They were often in the pay of various Japanese feudal leaders and were frequently involved in Japan’s civil wars during the early part of this period.
Wako - SamuraiWiki
2020年2月1日 · The wakô were medieval East Asian seafarers often described as raiders, pirates, or brigands, active in East Asian waters in the Kamakura to early Edo periods, with the phenomenon peaking in the 16th century (the late Muromachi or Sengoku period).
Japanese Pirates and the East Asian Maritime World, 1200–1600
In the 16th century, some Japanese pirates forged multiethnic crews that seized control of the maritime networks linking East and Southeast Asia. Labels for Japanese pirates also operated as ethnographical, geographical, and historical symbols.
Japanese Pirates of the Murakami Clan: Educated Samurai, …
2024年11月20日 · The Murakami clan, Japan’s most famous pirates, were renowned not only for their battles and maritime strategy but also for their refined poetry. In their world, piracy was an art, and the sea was a stage where they combined brute force with subtle elegance.