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Hōjutsu (砲術) / Teppojutsu (鉄砲術), the art of gunnery, is the martial art of Japan dedicated to Japanese black powder firearm usage. Hōjutsu is still practiced today, often with antique matchlock firearms such as the tanegashima. The martial art is most common in Japan where access to historical equipment is easier for practitioners.
Japanese percussion pistol, 19th century, possibly converted from a matchlock. A few Japanese started to study and experiment with recent Western firearms from the beginning of the 19th century especially as a means to ward off visits from foreign ships, such as the incursion by the Royal Navy frigate HMS Phaeton in 1808. [20]
A section of the book covering the year 723 is notable [citation needed] for an early [citation needed] use of the term "bushi" in Japanese [citation needed] literature and a reference to the educated warrior-poet ideal:to create a folktale "Again, the August Personage said, "Literary men and warriors are they whom the nation values."
Zuihitsu (随筆) is a genre of Japanese literature consisting of loosely connected personal essays and fragmented ideas that typically respond to the author's surroundings. . The name is derived from two Kanji meaning "at will" and "pe
A Book of Five Rings, translated by Victor Harris. London: Allison & Busby; Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. Tokitsu, Kenji (2004). Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings. Boston: Shambhala Publications Inc. The Book of Five Rings has been published in English multiple times. The Thomas Cleary translation is the most widely available ...
The steady stream of gunfire made the minutes feel like an eternity, she said. “Seeing and hearing how close they were was very traumatic,” Talley said, “especially because it was shooters ...
Naginatajutsu (長刀術 or 薙刀術) is the Japanese martial art of wielding the naginata (長刀). The naginata is a weapon resembling the European glaive and the Chinese guan dao . Most naginatajutsu practiced today is in a modernized form, a gendai budō , in which competitions also are held.
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