Talk:Updates/@comment-26928845-20170109165350/@comment-30521398-20170111112343

Seriousely Japan is not Rhûn.At the time of Tolkien Japan wasn't very important. Japan was a puppet of European nations like Great Britain, German Reich (the second ^^) Portugal or France.It is more like the Ottoman Empire, a poweful  country before the WW1. the Hobbit etc was inspired by the germanic/celtic legends and his time(19/20th centuries). So Rhûn is really not Japan. And yeah I know it is more an history class than an explication about lotr but I thinks that the world around author influence his work.