Musha Incident | |||||||
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A photo taken by the Japanese authorities in the aftermath of the Incident | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Tkdaya[1] |
Empire of Japan Toda Truku[1] (Taroko) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mona Rudao | Ishizuka Eizō | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~1,200 | ~2,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
644 killed[1] |
27 October:
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The Musha Incident (Chinese and Japanese: 霧社事件; pinyin: Wùshè Shìjiàn; Wade–Giles: Wu4-she4 Shih4-chien4; rōmaji: Musha Jiken; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bū-siā Sū-kiāⁿ), also known as the Wushe Rebellion and several other similar names, began in October 1930 and was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan. In response to long-term oppression by Japanese authorities, the Seediq indigenous group in the settlement of Musha (Wushe) attacked a school, killing 134 Japanese and two Han Taiwanese children. In response, the Japanese led a counter-attack, killing 354 Seediq in retaliation. The handling of the incident by the Japanese authorities was strongly criticised,[by whom?] leading to many changes in Aboriginal policy.