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Firearms were introduced to Japan in the 13th century during the first Mongol invasion and were referred to as teppō. [1] Portuguese firearms were introduced in 1543, [ 2 ] and intense development followed, with strong local manufacture during the period of conflicts of the late 16th century.
From the mid-17th century, Japan decided to close itself to interaction with the West except for the Dutch Republic through its policy of sakoku. Contrary to popular belief, this did not lead to Japan "giving up the gun"; if anything, the gun was used less frequently because the Edo period did not have many large-scale conflicts in which a gun ...
A 16th-century swivel breech-loading Japanese cannon, called an Ōzutsu (大筒, "Big Pipe"). Due to its proximity with China, Japan had long been familiar with gunpowder. Primitive cannons seem to have appeared in Japan around 1270, as simple metal tubes invented in China and called Teppō (鉄砲 Lit. "Iron cannon").
Contemporary Japanese units, while heavily focused on firearms by East Asian standards, had higher ratios of other weapons to arquebuses compared to late 16th to early 17th century European formations. When Japan invaded Korea in 1592, 30% of Japanese soldiers had firearms, and the rest were equipped with pikes, swords, and bows. Firearms usage ...
However, the Japanese were arguably using guns more effectively than their European counterparts by the sixteenth century, as well as producing more accurate, durable varieties. [citation needed] The Battle of Nagashino, where guns were deployed against samurai cavalry, is one of the most famous and influential battles in the history of the ...
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Old Japanese weapons and other military paraphernalia, c. 1892–95 A Gilbertese shark-toothed weapon (late 19th century). Major innovations in the history of weapons have included the adoption of different materials – from stone and wood to different metals, and modern synthetic materials such as plastics – and the developments of different weapon styles either to fit the terrain or to ...
The military history of Japan covers a vast time-period of over three millennia - from the Jōmon (c. 1000 BC) to the present day. After a long period of clan warfare until the 12th century, there followed feudal wars that culminated in military governments known as the Shogunate.