歷史 軍事
2020
原住民、荷蘭人、日本人、漢人齊聚,多方勢力交雜的冒險者天堂。 新港社、麻豆社衝突升溫,狩獵、葬禮、婚俗、國際關係…… 十七世紀的臺灣撞上西方文明!
During the Age of Discovery, Dutch surveyor Phillip meets Dalai, a Taiwanese indigenous boy. Dalai helps Phillip as he learns about the local indigenous culture – but a conflict between the newcomers and the locals is brewing…
大航海時代的臺灣,豐饒的美麗之島。 位於現今的臺南安平一帶,草原沼澤遍布, 數以萬計的水鹿奔馳其間, 那是西拉雅族的獵場,也是臺灣最早接觸西方文明的地區⋯⋯ 單純驍勇、箭術無雙的新港社青年達萊,向來不喜歡外來者; 但是一場日本、荷蘭間的商業糾紛,卻將整個新港社捲入世界歷史的浪潮中。 達萊不得不與族人遠赴日本江戶,晉見德川幕府將軍。 這趟遠渡重洋的冒險旅程,歷經風浪洗禮、人質事件, 新時代帶來的變化與衝擊,達萊眼中將看到什麼様的新世界? 在濱田彌兵衛事件後,達萊與來自歐洲的測量士菲爾逐漸互相理解, 但荷蘭、新港社之間的關係卻轉為緊繃, 荷蘭長官納茨更與新港社的對頭──麻豆社結盟,組成海盜討伐隊。 各方勢力爾虞我詐,局勢瞬息萬變,身處兩難立場的菲爾,將如何抉擇? 《蘭人異聞錄》以歷史課綱被刪除的「濱田彌兵衞事件」為藍本改編而成。在這個多方勢力交雜的冒險者天堂,荷蘭人、日本人、漢人、原住民齊聚。 400年前的臺灣、大航海時代的風華、依然屬於西拉雅族的大員,漫畫家KINONO精妙的畫筆下,鮮活譜畫十七世紀西拉雅族的興衰榮辱、百樣風情。
During the Age of Discovery, Portuguese explorers named Taiwan “Formosa” – the beautiful isle. In what is now Anping, in the south-west of Taiwan, countless red deer roamed across the plains and marshes where the Siraya people hunted. It was here, that Westerners first made contact with the people of Taiwan. The Dutch East India Company, in search of profit, took over southern Taiwan, and our story’s protagonist is Phillip, a surveyor for the company. Living and working with the Siraya people in the village of Sinckan, Phillipe forms a friendship with Dalai, adopted son of the village elder, and comes to understand the dilemma the arrival of the foreigners means for them. Meanwhile, the village medicine woman is hostile towards the Dutch, even blaming the death of the village elder on the anger of the gods at his meetings with the foreigners. Conflicted, Phillip leaves the village and learns that the Dutch governor Nuyts has responded to the conflict with Sinckan by forming an alliance with their sworn enemies, the village of Mattau. The people of Sinckan, including Dalai, lose their trust in Phillip and relations become tense. As the two sides engage in a fast-changing battle of wits, what choices will Phillip be forced to make? Kinono turns the interactions and conflicts between the Dutch and the indigenous people into an exciting graphic adventure. The first section takes place without dialogue, introducing Phillip’s mysterious background while retaining emotional tension and creating curiosity as to how the story will develop. This carefully researched book recreates the process by which local and Western cultures met in Taiwan four centuries ago and portrays the unique local culture.
作者部落格:kinonote.blogspot.com/
A graphic novelist and illustrator, Kinono’s work, including the Waltz Woods and Dutchman in Formosa series, creates unique and fantastical worlds, despite minimal use of language. In 2008, Kinono won the second prize in the Morning International Manga Competition.