Bajōzutsu

<i>Bajō-zutsu</i>

Bajō-zutsu

Japanese firearm

The bajō-zutsu (馬上筒, literally "horseback(-riding) tube") was a tanegashima in the form of a pistol. Bajō-zutsu were used by mounted samurai in feudal Japan.[1]

Bajōzutsu

References

  1. [1]
    Ian Bottomley; Anthony Hopson (1993). Arms and armor of the samurai: the history of weaponry in ancient Japan. Crescent Books. ISBN 9780517103180.
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