Arquebus
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An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century. An infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier.
Japanese Tanegashima arquebuses on a rack at Himeji Castle
A "double arquebus", 15th century
A serpentine matchlock mechanism
Placing the weapon on its rest
Tanegashima (gun)
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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
Arquebus
…traders who landed by accident on Tanegashima (種子島), an island south of Kyūshū in the region controlled by the Shimazu clan. By 1550, arquebuses known as tanegashima, teppō (鉄砲) or hinawaju (火縄銃) were being produced in large numbers in Japan. The tanegashima seem to have used snap matchlocks based on firearms from…
Japanese ashigaru firing hinawajū. Night-shooting practice, using ropes to maintain proper firing elevation.
Ashigaru using tanegashima from behind wooden pavises
Various antique tanegashima
Antique Japanese samurai tanegashima pistol