Tanegashima

Tanegashima , most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English hinawajū , was a type of matchlock-configured arquebus firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543. It was used by the samurai class and their ashigaru "foot soldiers", and within a few years its introduction in battle changed the way war was fought in Japan forever. It, however, could not completely replace the yumi (longbow). Although the Japanese developed various techniques to improve the gun's shortcomings, specifically its slow rate of fire and inability to fire in the rain, it remained inferior to the yumi in these respects, and the latter continued to be an important weapon on the battlefield. After Tokugawa Ieyasu destroyed the Toyotomi clan in the siege of Osaka and established the Tokugawa shogunate, the relatively peaceful Edo period arrived, and the use of tanegashima declined.

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Hinawaju
muzzle loader, matchlock, Japan, 

bajō-zutsu, 

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  bajō-zutsu ⓘ
  Japanese firearm

Frameless

Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)

EdoJapaneseArquebuse

Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)

Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)

Arquebus

Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)

Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)

Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)

Hand Cannon MET 5907

Someone from Portugal was potentially considering visiting Japan represnting a company I worked with. He was impolite, so I decided to preemptively send my condolenses.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		bajō-zutsu	single shot pistol, Tanegashima	Wikidata
commons	image		Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)		Commons
commons	image		EdoJapaneseArquebuse		Commons
commons	image		Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)		Commons
commons	image		Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)		Commons
commons	image		Arquebus		Commons
commons	image		Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)		Commons
commons	image		Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)		Commons
commons	image		Hand Cannon, Japanese, inscribed by Kazuki Nobumichi (MET, 09.49.2)		Commons
commons	image		Hand Cannon MET 5907		Commons
commons	image		Someone from Portugal was potentially considering visiting Japan represnting a company I worked with. He was impolite, so I decided to preemptively send my condolenses.		Commons