"John Bull" representations in India and Egypt remind me of the #AngloSatsumaWar ( #BombardmentOfKagoshima ) getting started when #Samurai chopped down a (probable) John Bull on his way back from Shanghai after 10 years in the "China Trade", Opium Dealing probably.
> ...Richardson had acted in a similar manner towards Chinese people while horseback riding in China.. the British envoy to China, remembered Richardson as an "arrogant adventurer"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Kagoshima
#NamaMugiIncident