Most of the time, Steampunk is set in the western Victorian era – set often either in Europe or North America, during the 19th Century – but at the same time other countries were going through an as interesing (if not more interesting) changes too – Japan being a prime example with the opening up of the country during the Meiji period. The above is an image from Akira Yamaguchi, from a collection of drawings representing war technology that never existed – hence a Meiji-era warrior with a mechanical mono-wheeled and horse headed ‘steed’. While I cannot find any more images from Mr Yamaguchi from that series, apparently his work is/was being displayed as a series of humerous postcards – combining traditional painting styles and more modern technology. Thanks Mr Addison for finding a lovely example of non-Western alternative history!