L''''Invasione giapponese di Taiwan nel 1874''' (nota in Giappone come '''Spedizione a Taiwan''' ([[Lingua giapponese|Jap]]: {{nihongo||台湾出兵|Taiwan Shuppei}}) fu una [[operazione militare]] avviata dalle forze armate giapponesi in risposta all'uccisone di 54 marinai [[Regno delle Ryūkyū|Ryukyu]] da parte degli aborigeni [[Paiwan]].
The '''Japanese punitive expedition to Taiwan in 1874''', referred to in Japan as the '''Taiwan Expedition''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: {{nihongo||台湾出兵|Taiwan Shuppei}}) and in Taiwan and mainland China as the '''Mudan incident''' ({{zh|c=牡丹社事件}}), was a [[punitive expedition]] launched by the Japanese in retaliation for the murder of 54 [[Ryūkyū Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] sailors by [[Paiwan people|Paiwan]] aborigines near the southwestern tip of [[Taiwan]] in December 1871. The success of the expedition, which marked the first overseas deployment of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] and [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], revealed the fragility of the [[Qing dynasty]]'s hold on Taiwan and encouraged further Japanese adventurism. Diplomatically, Japan's embroilment with China in 1874 was eventually resolved by a British arbitration under which Qing China agreed to compensate Japan for property damage. Some ambiguous wording in the agreed terms were later argued by Japan to be confirmation of Chinese renunciation of suzerainty over the [[Ryukyu Islands]], paving the way for ''de facto'' Japanese incorporation of Ryukyu in 1879.
