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  2. Firearms of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Isolation did not decrease the production of guns in Japan—on the contrary, there is evidence of around 200 gunsmiths in Japan by the end of the Edo period. But the social life of firearms had changed: as the historian David L. Howell has argued, for many in Japanese society, the gun had become less a weapon than a farm implement for scaring ...

  3. List of Westerners who visited Japan before 1868 - Wikipedia

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    His book, The Capital of the Tycoon, [29] became one of the first books to describe Edo period Japan systematically. James Curtis Hepburn (1859, United States) An American physician, educator and Christian missionary who is known for the Hepburn romanization system, enabling westerners to read and write Japanese in Roman script.

  4. Tanegashima Tokitaka - Wikipedia

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    The following year, a Portuguese blacksmith was brought back to Japan and the problem was solved. [4] Tanegashima Tokitaka, quickly acquired the methods of producing firearms and gunpowder. Due to Tanegashima's role in the spread of firearms, firearms were colloquially known as "Tanegashima (gun)" in Japan. Tanegashima Tokitaka was reported to ...

  5. Category:Firearms of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Submachine guns of Japan‎ ... By using this site, ...

  6. List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents)

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    The concept of writing came to Japan from the Korean kingdom of Baekje in the form of classical Chinese books likely written on paper and in the form of manuscript rolls (kansubon). [5] [10] This probably happened at the beginning of the 5th century (around 400), and certainly during the 6th century.

  7. Tanegashima (gun) - Wikipedia

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    Japanese ashigaru firing hinawajū.Night-shooting practice, using ropes to maintain proper firing elevation. Tanegashima (), most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English hinawajū (火縄銃, "matchlock gun"), was a type of matchlock-configured [1] arquebus [2] firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543. [3]

  8. Battle of Nagashino - Wikipedia

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    [8] [19] On the other hand, Nobunaga, who took Sakai under his control, which had the largest trading port in Japan and was a hub for overseas trade, and who controlled distribution in Kyoto and the Kinai region, was able to easily obtain domestically produced guns and to purchase raw materials for shot and powder in large quantities from ...

  9. Kijirō Nambu - Wikipedia

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    Kijirō Nambu (南部 麒次郎, Nanbu Kijirō, September 22, 1869 – May 1, 1949) was a Japanese firearms designer and career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.He founded the Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company, a major manufacturer of Japanese military firearms during the period. [1]