Jingszo !

According to historical documents, the Utsuro-bune is believed to have washed ashore on the coast of Hitachi province on the afternoon of Feb. 22, 1803, during the late Edo Period (1603-1867).

When locals looked at the strange boat, they saw windows in its upper part and could make out that a woman inside it had red hair and eyebrows and was holding a box, according to the legend.

She did not speak Japanese.

The essay describes the story of the Utsuro-bune and details the boat and the woman. The description mentions mysterious letters, which looked like combinations of triangles and circles.

Some of the historical materials related to the story have only been discovered recently.