Tanegashima 1543: The Introduction of Guns to Japan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- This short video covers the introduction of matchlock guns to Tanegashima Island in the south of Japan. In 1543, the young lord of the island, Tanegashima Tokitaka acquired two matchlock firearms from European adventurers and set his scholars to recreating this new military technology…
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Absolutely fantastic video!
Thank you 🙇♂️
Did really Tanegashima teppo have greater range than japanese Daikyu longbows? 3:35
Possibly not, but the velocity of the firearm was able to defeat armour at a greater range than bows 🙇
@@Gun_Samurai I think real reason of adoption of gun as main weapon of armies was ease of training. You can train decent ashigaru gunners in weeks or even days, but training decent archers takes years. It happened in Europe despite bows being better than early guns were. Not sure how effective samurai armor was against muskets though. Late European armor after guns were in use were of tested against them and resulting dent was sign of them being bulletproof.
@@vksasdgaming9472early guns were worse in range, accuracy and reloading speed but made up for it with being powerful and scary
Bows didn’t fare that well against plate armour or heavy duty lamellar or transitional plate
Japanese armour by the time guns came was comparable to 14 to earth 15th century transitional plate in protection so was able to shrug off arrows consistently
Though with gunpowder some armours were made to be bulletproofed same as in Europe, they even bought some bullet proofed European cuirasses
Though bullet proofed breastplates weren’t as common in Japan as in Europe and were much more expensive to actually make
Contrary to popular belief the samurai, especially of the late sengoku were very well armoured and came to many of the same conclusions as Europeans in armour design
@@jungoder1085 I stay on hill of guns replacing bows because of ease of training adequately skilled users and easier logistics of ammunition supply. Those are very heavy benefits despite bows having superior range, firing rate and accuracy when guns came to use. Cannons were clearly superior to previous siege weapons.
@@vksasdgaming9472it’s not just the logistics and training it’s obviously both
The lord of Tanegashima was only 15 and changed Japan!
it was pretty common at that time youngsters make a huge impact
And now in the year 2000...
@@notsyth We have evolved, just backwards.
@@notsythSecond Impact occurred.
Those wacky teenagers.
Such a cool animation! Didn't know guns were already in Japan prior to that date and 60 years earlier. Facinating.
Absolutely they were, including some primitive types without a trigger!But Tanegashima managed to replicate the ‘modern’ firing mechanism 🙇♂️
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I think a lot about the possibility that the Portuguese noticed the similarities, both physical and linguistic (in terms of phonetics) between the natives of Brazil and those from Japan, even if unconsciously, well, they were great explorers... and I'm from Brazil and it's obvious the similarity between native americans and asians
The old Tūpi language or simply "Lingua Brasilica" has many phonetic similarities with Japanese, INCLUDING SHARING SOME WORDS WITH THE SAME MEANING
The gun is NOT shoulderd as shown in the video - there is really no "shoulder" stock, the small wood stock is nested to the cheek, just like a bow and arrow, in order to aim down the barrel.
It depends on the school of shooting and type of gun. But yes, probably the animators aren’t hojutsu practitioners.
Beautiful short anime of Tokitaka Tanegashima noticing European guns being better than what they had. Funnily enough there doesn't seem to be much mention of Tahegashima Clan waging wars against it's neighbors despite technology spreading real fast.
They were vassals of the Shimazu clan, who took the guns to mainland Japan 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai That does explain it. Quick study showed they were powerful clan and knew how to use guns.
Weebs: "The samurai abhored firearms and used the katana."
Samurai: "Nope. We bought stack of these babies from some Portugese dudes because why the f*** not? Then we reverse-engineered these bad boys and made a s*** ton more." 🤣
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So they would make an internal soft barrel wrapped in a hard outer barrel or they would make a hard inner barrel and wrap it in a soft outer barrel. Very cool.
"The way of the gun"
Japanized Gunslinging
Which Anime is this?
Manga Nihonshi 🙇♂️
Matchlock Musket, the guns that ended Malacca Sultanate. Absolute beast of the time and wielded by great soldiers like Spanish Tercio Musketeers and Ottomans Janisaries Musketeers
My husband is a veteran and my father who lived most of his youth and working life moved from Japan to Colorado and my husband,Father-in-law,my father and brothers love to go hunting.
The only time my father EVER shot a firearm was a replica Tanegashima Arquebus at a Sekigahara Reenactment. Now my father has his favorite firearms.
How they obtained this much salpeter back then?
What trade was designated for this task?
It was produced domestically in Gokayama as well as other less well known areas 🙇♂️
Curious about the accuracy of that ratio 70/15/15. I have always made it from 75/15/10. Also very happy to have found tour channel and will be sharing with my flintlock groups.
Thank you for sharing it 🙏
Looks like 70s World Masterpiece Theater animation bit. Nice to see it again, and pretty nice video describing arrival of guns. had no idea Japanese made this video back then.
It was a popular series back in the early 80s and has recently been revived on Japanese TV 🙏
I liked the retro animation style
It's a very interesting anime.
Before the matchlock, there was a history of pipe guns.
Pipe guns were invented in China and made their way to Europe and Japan.
Europeans uploaded the pipe gun into modern firearms.
However, Japan abandoned pipe guns after a while as they relied on Chinese gunpowder.
Pipe guns are flawed as weapons because the trajectory of their balls is inaccurate.
What I am interested in is "who" or "which country" in Europe transformed pipe guns into modern guns.
Oda after he got his first gun : wadada dang wadada dang dang watch my 9mm goes bang !!
The fact guns existed before this shows that advancement is more a question of industry than it is of technology.
Gunpowder taking the longest journey from China to Japan.
@gunsamurai what cartoon or anime is this
Manga Nihonshi 🙇♂️
The Portuguese fort at Goa was called the House of 10,000 matchlocks.
I heard the real reason some Samurai stuck with the bow was cuz matchlocks are slow, loud, and couldn't be used in rain due to exposed gun powder.
I’ve not heard that; all of those issues were addressed during the warring states era 🙇♂️
The matchlock was also had problems when it was windy.
It is more sense to equip civilian with gun with little training. Same as crossbow.
It would have been possible but the government wanted to regulate the training; a mechanism to avoid insurrection 🙇♀️
Similar to the French crossbow vs English longbow during the Hundred Year War
*samurai as soon as they see guns
Japanese didn't update to flintlocks or wheellocks even after 2 centuries, they still used matchlocks in 1800s when USA showed up in steam engine powered ships.
The Sakoku Policy enacted shortly before flintlocks were invented.
But the Japanese did introduced themselves with the Geweer flintlocks from the Dutch in 1840/41. Also, by the time of Perry's expedition in 1853/54, they were introduced to the M1819/41 Hall rifles, and Colt Paterson and Dragoon revolvers that the Americans given to them as diplomatic gifts.
I'm from Brazil. I knew that our ancerstors the Portuguese sailors arrived in Japan and also Sain Francis Xavier stayed in Japan for a short period. But I didn't knew about this firearm introduction.
Yes, the Portuguese were a significant European power, in the far east at that time 🙇
@@Gun_Samurai History is very dynamic. There was a day when we were the world greatest maritime power. However today Portugal is one of the weakest economies of western Europe.
Those maritime expeditions started after the very long Reconquista war in which the arabs were expulsed from Portugal.
That’s true; history is dynamic but despite the troubles Portugal might face, it is still a beautiful country that I am looking forward to visiting again 🙇
As a Malaysian Catholic, St Francisco Xavier also have visited Goa, India and Malacca, Malaysia
"Guns are dishonorable"
Reality: *ILL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK*
"but guns bring victory, and victory is honor"
Japanese people are cute wheras portuguese people are not cute in this anime. Its stunning
They had been on a boat for a long time I suppose… no hairdressers 😂
@@Gun_Samurai I guess it goes to show that japan is the most adorable country on earth
@@JasperTedVidalTale It's so wild to me that Japan has a reputation for cuteness due to anime, when less than a century ago they were considered one of the most vicious countries in the world that beat empires like China and Russia. Like a wolf in sheep's clothing. lol
Is there more of this animation?
Yes, it is a series from the early 1980s 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai thanks for the reply, what's its name and where can i watch it? Also want to add, your videos are super cool!
The large scale adoption of the matchlock in Japan is sort of similar to the adoption of the musket by New Zealand Iwi a few hundred hears later (though they lacked the capacity to produce it on their own). It's cool seeing this parallel of technology adoption and how it changed the battlefield in similar ways.
@@plussum3255 Manga Nihonshi
@@paleoph6168 thank you!
anime name pls
Manga Nihonshi 🙏
Can you explain the process of making the barrel in 2:26? It seems like the swordsmith made a round barrel over a metal rod and then adding another layer of metal on it?
Yes, the softer metal is shaped around the steel core. Then the barrel casing is added to insulate and strengthen the structure of the gun 🙇♂️
@@Gun_Samurai Thank you so much for the explanation. Do you have any suggestions about books for the topic of Japanese firearms? I would love to know some. Arigatou gozaimasu 🙏
Did breach loading gun exist in that era?
During the ‘end’ of the samurai era, more modern weapons did arrive. But not during the warring states era 🙇♂️
Even before, but technological limitations like sealing the gas, compromised structural integrity and harder production strain are issues that couldn't be handle at the time.
Which means the guns from Princess Mononoke were historically inaccurate.
DEFINITELY not in 1547 . But, when the Edo period was closing to become the Meiji era. The Japanese did adopt some breach loaders.
Pretty sure gunpowder was known in Japan before the 16th century.
Yes other simple firearms and explosives have existed since at least the 12th century. However, the industrial scale of manufacturing powder was introduced at this time; to keep pace with the large numbers of guns being built 🙇♂️
oh my gosh my family makes knives in Idaho and my uncle is a master smith, the only one ever in Idaho. he has been to japan a few times to teach knif makers how to make steal from types of dirt like a lost art. anyway he makes barrels the old way for types of flintlocks i think he would love to talk with you.
I’m always happy to speak to anyone about Japanese history; I always learn something new 🙇
interesting
Best cartoon movie
Very good video
What a nice animation.
What's anime name?
Manga Nihonshi 🙇♂️
This was a really well done animated film. In four minutes through pictures combined with clear narration, you told the story of how Portuguese firearms were introduced into Tanegashima Island. The Lord of the island purchased a couple of match locks from the Portuguese and then recreating and improving on the technology until sufficient production, allowed for gunnery corps to become part of Japanese military units. Matthew your skill's as a film maker and story teller continue to develop impressively. I look forward to your future productions.
Thank you for the kind words! It’s a big difference from my first uploads a few years ago 😅
Cool anime!