In 658-660 General Abe no Hirafu was ordered by the Emperor of Japan to invade Hokkaido island and occupy it in order to increase the territories under the control of the Japanese Empire.
General Hirafu went to Hokkaido with a large army and navy to occupy the island, and he had a fleet of battleships armed with catapults that could hurl large stones or incendiary bombs called molten iron fire pots.
Below are images of the type of battleships used by the Chinese and Japanese Empires called Louchuan:
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After the campaign of General Hirafu's expeditionary forces was over, his trophies included at least 2 live bears, 70 bear hides, and 353 prisoners.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_no_Hirafu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louchuan
https://historum.com/threads/can-any....100284/page-3
Even during this time period, the Japanese, like the other empires of Asia and Europe were already industrialized and possessed factories like animal mills, water mills, and wind mills, which were used to mass produce goods, blast furnaces to mass produce cast iron, steel, and compound steel, and even oil refineries to mass produce oil for use in soap, oil lamps, candles, lubricants, cleaning oils, and incendiary bombs.
The Japanese in particular invented the water scoop mill to power hammers in forge mills, saws in sawmills, wool textiles in fullers, stamp mills in mining, and pottery in pottery mills, and this allowed them to produce goods on an industrial scale, with the time period from 500BCE-1700 being the 1st Industrial Revolution, a technological revolution that turned the entire Eurasian landmass into a large floating factory and gave the empires of Asia and Europe the power to conquer and subjugate the tribal socities of Eurasia and later the tribes in the Americas, Africa, and Australia.
Below is an image of a water scoop mill:
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scoop_(hydropower)
The following is a list of inventions made by the Japanese Empire and the other empires of Asia and Europe during this time:
Architecture:
Drawbridge
Turning Bridge
Louver
Smoke Canopy
Chimney
Centralized Heating
Mechanical Elevator
Lighting:
Candle
Oil Lamp
Match
Disaster Management:
Dike
Communication:
Quill
Silverpoint
Pencil
Printing:
Stamp
Woodblock Printing
Textile Printing
Porcelain Movable Type Printing
Color Printing
Paper
Paper Making Machine
Book
Bookbinding Machine
Paper Money
Telecommunications:
Zoetrope
Bells
Smoke Signals
Timekeeping:
Solar Calendar
Water Powered Mechanical Clock
Striking Clock
Astronomical Clock
Clock Tower
Spring-Driven Mechanical Clock
Pocket Watch
Pendulum-Driven Mechanical Clock
Agriculture:
3-Field Crop Rotation
Moldboard Plow
Devices for Controlling Draft Animals:
Shoulder Harness
Padded Collar
Horseshoe
Mass Production:
Mass Produced Interchangeable Parts
Blast Furnace
Cast Iron
Coal
Animal and Plant Oil
Underground Oil
Oil Drill
Oil Refinery
Natural Gas
Retort
Grindstone
Loom
Spinning Wheel
Printing Press
Woodblock Image Printer
Moveable Type
Paper
Paper Making Machine
Assembly Line
Animal Mill
Water Mill
Water Scoop Mill
Barge Mill
Tide Mill
Vertical Axis Wind Mill
Post Mill
Tower Mill
Hammer Mill
Gristmill
Textile Mill
Sawmill
Stone Cutting Mill
Iron Mill
Forge Mill
Paper Mill
Press Mill
Picture Mill
Printing Mill
Desalination Mill
Glass Mill
Mirror Mill
Bark Mill
Spoke Mill
Bobbin Mill
Carpet Mill
Slitting Mill
Rolling Mill
Stamp Mill
Needle Mill
Oil Mill
Tanning Mill
Hemp Mill
Cider Mill
Sugar Mill
Blade Mill
Gunpowder Mill
Pottery Mill
Huller
Fuller
Noodle Extruder
Kneading Machine
Noodle Screw Press
Mechanical Calculators:
Abacus
Napier's Bones
Pascaline
Mechanical Domestic Appliances:
Cranked Washing Machine
Hot Iron
Weighted Swinging Fan
Land Transport:
Stirrup
Hackney Carriage
Stagecoach
Omnibus
Wagon
Water Transport:
Ocean Going Multi-Masted Sail Powered Cargo Ship
The use of Ocean Gyres and Trade Winds to Aid Sea Transport
Sun Compass
Magnetic Compass
Astrolabe
Sea Chart
Globe
Sail Tacking
Paddle Wheel
Animal Driven Paddle Wheel Ship
Air Transport:
Kite Glider
Armor and Fortification:
Chain Mail
Full Plate Armor
Armored Cavalry
Castles
Cannon Armed Bastion Fortresses
Armor Piercing, Siege, and Naval Weapons:
Oar Powered Battleship
Ram
Hooks for Pinning Retreating Ships
Molten Iron Incendiary Pot
Ocean Going Multi-Masted Sail Powered Battleship
Shield Armored Ship
Compound Steel Wave Blades
Armor Piercing Nodato
Armor Piercing Wakizashi
Armor Piercing Katana
Armor Piercing Naginata
Snorkel
Caltrops
Shuriken
Throwing Star
Baton
Mace
Flail
Broad Sword
Saber
Pike
Lance
Longbow
Reflex Bow
Crossbow
Windlass
Traction Trebuchet
Gravity Powered Trebuchet
Fire Jar
Fire Pot
Flamethrower
Ironclad Ship
Gunpowder Weapons such as Hand Cannons, Cannons (Howitzers, Mortars), Guns (Pistols, Muskets, Blunderbusses, Arquebuses, Volley Guns, Rotary Volley Guns, Puckle Guns), Superposed Load, Hand Mortars, Cannonballs, Grapeshot, Canister Shot, Case Shot, Scrapshot, Chain Shot, Explosive Shells, Carcasses, Hand Grenades, Smoke Bombs and Mines
Rocket Weapons such as Multiple Rocket Launchers, Solid Shot Rockets, Rocket-Bombs, and Multi-Stage Rockets
Corrective Devices:
Glasses
Mechanical Hearing Aid
Cane
Crutches
Wheelchair
Peg Leg
Dial Operated Hand
General Hirafu went to Hokkaido with a large army and navy to occupy the island, and he had a fleet of battleships armed with catapults that could hurl large stones or incendiary bombs called molten iron fire pots.
Below are images of the type of battleships used by the Chinese and Japanese Empires called Louchuan:
After the campaign of General Hirafu's expeditionary forces was over, his trophies included at least 2 live bears, 70 bear hides, and 353 prisoners.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_no_Hirafu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louchuan
https://historum.com/threads/can-any....100284/page-3
Even during this time period, the Japanese, like the other empires of Asia and Europe were already industrialized and possessed factories like animal mills, water mills, and wind mills, which were used to mass produce goods, blast furnaces to mass produce cast iron, steel, and compound steel, and even oil refineries to mass produce oil for use in soap, oil lamps, candles, lubricants, cleaning oils, and incendiary bombs.
The Japanese in particular invented the water scoop mill to power hammers in forge mills, saws in sawmills, wool textiles in fullers, stamp mills in mining, and pottery in pottery mills, and this allowed them to produce goods on an industrial scale, with the time period from 500BCE-1700 being the 1st Industrial Revolution, a technological revolution that turned the entire Eurasian landmass into a large floating factory and gave the empires of Asia and Europe the power to conquer and subjugate the tribal socities of Eurasia and later the tribes in the Americas, Africa, and Australia.
Below is an image of a water scoop mill:
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scoop_(hydropower)
The following is a list of inventions made by the Japanese Empire and the other empires of Asia and Europe during this time:
Architecture:
Drawbridge
Turning Bridge
Louver
Smoke Canopy
Chimney
Centralized Heating
Mechanical Elevator
Lighting:
Candle
Oil Lamp
Match
Disaster Management:
Dike
Communication:
Quill
Silverpoint
Pencil
Printing:
Stamp
Woodblock Printing
Textile Printing
Porcelain Movable Type Printing
Color Printing
Paper
Paper Making Machine
Book
Bookbinding Machine
Paper Money
Telecommunications:
Zoetrope
Bells
Smoke Signals
Timekeeping:
Solar Calendar
Water Powered Mechanical Clock
Striking Clock
Astronomical Clock
Clock Tower
Spring-Driven Mechanical Clock
Pocket Watch
Pendulum-Driven Mechanical Clock
Agriculture:
3-Field Crop Rotation
Moldboard Plow
Devices for Controlling Draft Animals:
Shoulder Harness
Padded Collar
Horseshoe
Mass Production:
Mass Produced Interchangeable Parts
Blast Furnace
Cast Iron
Coal
Animal and Plant Oil
Underground Oil
Oil Drill
Oil Refinery
Natural Gas
Retort
Grindstone
Loom
Spinning Wheel
Printing Press
Woodblock Image Printer
Moveable Type
Paper
Paper Making Machine
Assembly Line
Animal Mill
Water Mill
Water Scoop Mill
Barge Mill
Tide Mill
Vertical Axis Wind Mill
Post Mill
Tower Mill
Hammer Mill
Gristmill
Textile Mill
Sawmill
Stone Cutting Mill
Iron Mill
Forge Mill
Paper Mill
Press Mill
Picture Mill
Printing Mill
Desalination Mill
Glass Mill
Mirror Mill
Bark Mill
Spoke Mill
Bobbin Mill
Carpet Mill
Slitting Mill
Rolling Mill
Stamp Mill
Needle Mill
Oil Mill
Tanning Mill
Hemp Mill
Cider Mill
Sugar Mill
Blade Mill
Gunpowder Mill
Pottery Mill
Huller
Fuller
Noodle Extruder
Kneading Machine
Noodle Screw Press
Mechanical Calculators:
Abacus
Napier's Bones
Pascaline
Mechanical Domestic Appliances:
Cranked Washing Machine
Hot Iron
Weighted Swinging Fan
Land Transport:
Stirrup
Hackney Carriage
Stagecoach
Omnibus
Wagon
Water Transport:
Ocean Going Multi-Masted Sail Powered Cargo Ship
The use of Ocean Gyres and Trade Winds to Aid Sea Transport
Sun Compass
Magnetic Compass
Astrolabe
Sea Chart
Globe
Sail Tacking
Paddle Wheel
Animal Driven Paddle Wheel Ship
Air Transport:
Kite Glider
Armor and Fortification:
Chain Mail
Full Plate Armor
Armored Cavalry
Castles
Cannon Armed Bastion Fortresses
Armor Piercing, Siege, and Naval Weapons:
Oar Powered Battleship
Ram
Hooks for Pinning Retreating Ships
Molten Iron Incendiary Pot
Ocean Going Multi-Masted Sail Powered Battleship
Shield Armored Ship
Compound Steel Wave Blades
Armor Piercing Nodato
Armor Piercing Wakizashi
Armor Piercing Katana
Armor Piercing Naginata
Snorkel
Caltrops
Shuriken
Throwing Star
Baton
Mace
Flail
Broad Sword
Saber
Pike
Lance
Longbow
Reflex Bow
Crossbow
Windlass
Traction Trebuchet
Gravity Powered Trebuchet
Fire Jar
Fire Pot
Flamethrower
Ironclad Ship
Gunpowder Weapons such as Hand Cannons, Cannons (Howitzers, Mortars), Guns (Pistols, Muskets, Blunderbusses, Arquebuses, Volley Guns, Rotary Volley Guns, Puckle Guns), Superposed Load, Hand Mortars, Cannonballs, Grapeshot, Canister Shot, Case Shot, Scrapshot, Chain Shot, Explosive Shells, Carcasses, Hand Grenades, Smoke Bombs and Mines
Rocket Weapons such as Multiple Rocket Launchers, Solid Shot Rockets, Rocket-Bombs, and Multi-Stage Rockets
Corrective Devices:
Glasses
Mechanical Hearing Aid
Cane
Crutches
Wheelchair
Peg Leg
Dial Operated Hand