they were an isolationist empire and couldnt care less about the chinks lol

Luci it kinda did kowtow to China tbf

but for most of their history, japan was a chinese tributary state

Sort of

not as tributary as korea

>sort of

but they were heavily influenced

the heiian period was the climax of japanese and chinese relations

would you say?

They pretty much copied the Chinese language and made some modifications

thats just because they had the same ancestors

not because they were a chinese vassal

chinese language is very old

Japan was a Chinese tributary?

So much bykksht

japan and china traded

thatd be like saying greece was a phoenician vassal for using its alphabet

I think it's more like a little kid copying an adult

Being stared here

they didn't war as often as france and germany, because they were separated by sea

If all you got is ignorance

kind of like england and france

The. It’s k good

sweden and russia

also japan has a lot more storms than china

england and france is a more or less unique relationship

so china didn't bother colonizing japan

or annexing it

japan could assert independence

Japan helped pirates attack China for a few hundred years (The Wokou) iirc

like they could lol

yeah, because it's an island and shit

the chinese sucked due

there wasn't a rivalry, because japan couldn't match the power of china

they lost in vietnam

not until industrialization tipped the scales

they lost in manchuria

But, they still were heavily influenced by china, right

like

anyway, that's the reason

again