Suzuki Magoichi
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Suzuki Magoichi was a better-known alternate name of Suzuki Shigehide, a samurai and military leader during the late Sengoku and early Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He is famous for arming his troops with
Suzuki Magoichi
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.
Suzuki Magoichi
…Shigehide (鈴木重秀), a samurai and military leader during the late Sengoku and early Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He is famous for arming his troops with arquebuses and donning the yatagarasu as his family crest. He was also known by other names, including Saiga Magoichi (雑賀孫一), Saika Magoichi (雑賀孫市), Hirai Magoichi…
Japanese Tanegashima arquebuses on a rack at Himeji Castle
A "double arquebus", 15th century
A serpentine matchlock mechanism
Placing the weapon on its rest