(種子島), most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English hinawajū (火縄銃, "matchlock gun"), was a type of matchlock-configured arquebus firearm introduced...
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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...
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Jun-July 1929) "Demon" (鬼, Oni, November 1931-February 1932) "Matchlock" (火縄銃, Hinawajū, April 1932) "Pomegranate" (石榴, Zakuro, September 1934) Horikoshi...
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inaccurate, and taking a long time to reload, arquebusses, or hinawa-jū (火縄銃 [ja]) as they are called in Japanese, did not win battles on their own. Oda...
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