Tanegashima ( jap. 種子 島 Tanegashima ) is an ancient Japanese firearm . Option muzzle loading gun with a wick lock . Because of the isolation of Japan, it remained the only firearm of the Japanese for three centuries.
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History
In 1543, the first Europeans, the Portuguese , landed on the South-Japanese island of Tanegashima and introduced locals with firearms. Because of this, he was often called in Japan by the name of the island - “ tanegashima ”. Tanegashima is a Japanese clone of a Portuguese musket purchased from Portuguese sailors. After realizing the advantages of Portuguese weapons, the local prince bought two guns from them. By copying them, the Japanese created their own samples, which later received the name in honor of the island. It was the first firearm in Japan. Soon the Japanese improved the trigger mechanism, after which mass production began. These weapons were actively used in the Japanese-Korean war and local conflicts. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and the beginning of Japan’s isolation, it continued unchanged until the Meiji Restoration (until the mid-19th century). Wick locks in Japan gave way directly to modern-type weapons for unitary cartridges, bypassing the stages of spark and capsule ignition.
Parts of tanegashima
- Siba-hikigane - butt protection
- Hikigane - trigger
- Karakuri - castle
- Jiita - stove
- Juodzintetsu - trigger guard
- Biya - rivet
- Hinava Tosi Ana - Wick Hole
- Hadziki Gane - spring
- Dugane - butt ring
- Hibasami - spring
- Amaoi - trunk protection
- Hibuta - powder box cover
- Khizara - powder shelf
- Give - butt
- Tsutsu - trunk
- Moto Maete - sight
- Udenuki - a hole for the belt
- Naka Maete - pillar
- Makugi Ana - hole for checks
- Saki Maete - fly
- Karuka - ramrod
- Suguti - the barrel
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See also
- Ashigaru
- Trade with the southern barbarians
- Southern Barbarians
- Sakoku
- Hojutsu - literally "fire art", the Japanese methods of making and using gunpowder, including the shooting of tanegashima