A family photo of Aisuke Sazuka, Yawai Taimo and their three young children. Left with four children and ostracized by the community, Yawai is one of the more overlooked tragic figures of the Wushe Incident. Isolated in the mountains, the Xakut did not encounter the Japanese until around 1906 — 11 years after the colonizers arrived in Taiwan. That same year, Aisuke Sazuka stole his father’s money and fled his hometown in rural Nagano Prefecture for Taiwan. Teng Hsiang-yang displays his three books on the Wushe Incident.

Source: Taipei Times October 24, 2020 15:56 UTC