• Hetare King@piefed.socialEnglish
    28·
    19 days ago

    Karoitan (?) and Movoiri (?) here are apparently 2.18 and 2.12 meters tall, which is huge even by modern standards, so if those measurements are accurate, the height difference between them and their captors might not be that much of an embellishment as it looks.

      • Hetare King@piefed.socialEnglish
        17·
        19 days ago

        I looked some things up. This drawing depicts the Golovnin Incident and the person in front is Vasily Golovnin. Not sure how they got “Karoitan” from that, but anyway.
        I can’t find anything about his height, but I imagine if he really was 2.18 meters tall, it would be written down everywhere, so it’s probably exaggerated.

        EDIT: I misread, it’s not Karoitan, it’s Kahitan, meaning they thought his name was “captain”.

      • Hetare King@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        19 days ago

        Well, that’s what the text says, anyway. It describes “Kahiitan” Golovinn as 7 shaku (30.3cm) and 2 sun (1/10 shaku) tall, and whatshisface behind him 7 shaku tall. But it’s most likely an exaggeration.

  • YaksPT@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    19 days ago

    I immediately thought this was some Star Trek parody. Those Russian uniforms are very similar. ☺️

  • FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    19 days ago

    Reminds me of some kind of Japanese propaganda book I found washed up on a beach, the illustration style was tge same but with more gore! I should really try to dig it out.