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The Battle of Baekgang (27-28 August, 663)

Also known as the Battle of Hakusukinoe in Japan, the Battle of Baekgang was the kingdom of Baekje’s last revolt against Silla and the Tang Dynasty after being completely crushed. The Japanese casualties were heavy, and it marked the end of any Japanese friendship on the Korean peninsula.

One could argue that this battle set into motion the blood feud between Japan and the Koreas that continues to this day.

{ Hi I’m only half dead I swear

Have something from an Avatar AU I’ve been thinking about for ages

He’s going straight for Baekje with Brother helping him... I need to help him. As soon as I possibly can.

hi i need this quiz for science purposes

Any portrayal of another group of people you see here is from the very skewed lens of a very young Takeshi, and his views do not represent mine at all.

This is to mean specifically: Takeshi has a very particular view of the K//oreas and Koreans as well as the Chinese. Those views are not inherently right, and I do not condone them. But they are how he thinks and feels. 

{ Despite it being a really important period, it’s been IMMENSELY difficult to find good fashion references. Everything I’ve drawn so far is bits and pieces I’ve thrown together and tried my best to improvise with, probably the most accurate complete outfit is Takeshi’s and even then it’s commoners clothes + immensely regal colors and I don’t know how well that would have flown, or if they were able to produce the particular hues I’m using let alone if the color coordination is right. I’ve only found a couple visual aids, and some I’ve had to spitball and hope from the best with Pinterest because it’s the only place with dated women’s aristocratic fashion. And it’s so hard to find things specific to particular areas, I’m not 100% sure how they dressed in Kyushu or Shikoku. 

During this time in Japanese history they were JUST beginning to develop a writing system, so detailed records hadn’t been fully kept just yet. I think that’s why the Heian period has so much more in-depth cultural records and detailed fashion history; there’s a lot of written records and art of it.

All of the provinces + the capital wear blue because it’s the second highest color. The highest color is purple, which only the nation himself is allowed to wear.