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Drawing of Russian captive sailors in Japanese scrolls (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

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.

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