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Japanese "Tanegashima" matchlock arquebus.
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Japanese "Tanegashima" matchlock arquebus. This was made by the Sakais.
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Japanese "Tanegashima" matchlock pistol.

Specifications

(16th Century - 19th Century Japan)

Type: Muzzleloading black powder arquebus

Caliber: Various

Capacity: 1

Fire Modes: Single Shot

Tanegashima

The Tanegashima (種子島) is a Japanese clone of a muzzleloading matchlock arquebus, introduced to Japan when 2 samples were purchased from Portuguese sailors on the eponymous Japanese island in 1543. Realizing the potential of the Portuguese weapon (it could be given to unskilled conscripts who could be trained to use it effectively in a matter of weeks, unlike the traditional Japanese bow or Yumi which took years to master), the Japanese copied it and swiftly began producing and deploying it en masse.

The Tanegashima was enthusiastically adopted by many Japanese warring factions of the period, and saw major use in the Sengoku Jidai (or Japanese Warring States) period and the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, before being superseded in the 19th century by more advanced firearms. As the Japanese did not export the weapon, it is most likely to appear in Japanese-produced media, or media that deals with historical Japan.

The Tanegashima and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Seven Samurai bandits 1954
Toshirô Mifune Kikuchiyo
Harakiri group of retainers 1962
Kagemusha A few thousand characters 1980
Shogun Assassin samurai 1980
Ran Various soldiers of Taro, Jiro, Saburo's army 1985
Hisashi Igawa Shuri Kurogane
Heaven and Earth soldiers 1990
Takaaki Enoki Kagetora

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin Used by various Japanese soldiers Represented by thinly-disguised (and highly anachronistic) M1 Garands, which are shown firing semiautomatically 2004-2005
Heroes - Season 2 Whitebeard's men "The Line" (S2E06) 2007

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Yakuza Kenzan Unusable by the player, except as a bludgeon in certain circumstances 2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Joke weapon that has 1-in-3 chance of summoning a tornado when fired. 2008
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Joke weapon that has 1-in-3 chance of summoning a tornado when hitting an enemy. 2010
Total War: Shogun 2 Used by various infantry units. 2011

Anime

Show Title Character Notation Date
InuYasha Gun battalion season 4 (2002-2003) ep. 103 2000–2004
Samurai Champloo Soldiers 2004-2005
Afro Samurai Mercenary first episode 2007
Nobunagun Soldiers flashback in episode 1 2014