Tapani incident

Tapani Incident

Taiwanese captured after the Tapani Incident being taken from the Tainan jail to court
Date1915
LocationTaiwan
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Han Taiwanese
Taiwanese aborigines		  Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Yu Qingfang Empire of Japan
Strength
1,413[1][2]
Taiwanese rebellions against Japanese rule
Tapani incident
Chinese name
Chinese 噍吧哖事件
Alternative name
Traditional Chinese 西來庵事件
Simplified Chinese 西来庵事件
Literal meaning Xilai Temple Incident
Alternative name
Chinese 玉井事件
Literal meaning Yujing Incident
Japanese name
Kanji 西来庵事件
Kyūjitai 西來庵事件

The Tapani incident[3] in 1915 was one of the biggest armed uprisings[4] by Taiwanese Han and Aboriginals against Japanese rule in Taiwan. Alternative names used to refer to the incident include the Xilai Temple Incident after the Xilai Temple in Tainan, where the revolt began, and the Yu Qingfang Incident after the leader Yu Qingfang.[5]

Revolt

Multiple Japanese police stations were stormed by Aboriginal and Han Chinese fighters under Chiang Ting (Jiang Ding) and Yü Ch'ing-fang (Yu Qingfang).[6]

Consequences

Modern Taiwanese historiography attempts to portray the Tapani Incident as a nationalist uprising either from a Chinese (unification) or Taiwanese (independence) perspective. Japanese colonial historiography attempted to portray the incident as a large scale instance of banditry led by criminal elements. However, the Tapani Incident differs from other uprisings in Taiwan's history because of its elements of millenarianism and folk religion, which enabled Yu Qingfang to raise a significant armed force whose members believed themselves to be invulnerable to modern weaponry.[7]

The similarities between the rhetoric of the leaders of the Tapani uprising and the Righteous Harmony Society of the recent Boxer Rebellion in China were not lost on Japanese colonial authorities, and subsequently, the colonial government paid more attention to popular religion and took steps to improve on colonial administration in southern Taiwan.

The aboriginals carried on with violent armed struggle against the Japanese while Han Chinese violent opposition stopped after Tapani.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West. M.E. Sharpe. 2009. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-7656-4189-2.
  2. ↑ Shih-Shan Henry Tsai (18 December 2014). Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West: Historical Encounters with the East and the West. Taylor & Francis. pp. –. ISBN 978-1-317-46516-4.
  3. ↑ http://www.academia.edu/10986929/Taiwan_under_Japanese_Rule._Showpiece_of_a_Model_Colony_Historiographical_Tendencies_in_Narrating_Colonialism._In_History_Compass._2014_online_
  4. ↑ International Business Publications, USA (3 March 2012). Taiwan Country Study Guide: Strategic Information and Developments. Int'l Business Publications. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-1-4387-7570-8.
  5. ↑ Shih-shan Henry Tsai (2 September 2005). Lee Teng-Hui and Taiwan's Quest for Identity. Springer. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-1-4039-7717-5.
  6. ↑ Governmentality and Its Consequences in Colonial Taiwan: A Case Study of the Ta-pa-ni Incident
  7. ↑ Katz, Paul R. (2005). When Valleys Turned Blood Red: The Tapani Incident in Colonial Taiwan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 110. ISBN 9780824829155.
  8. ↑ Steven Crook (5 June 2014). Taiwan. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-84162-497-6.

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