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Japanese ashigaru firing hinawajū.Night-shooting practice, using ropes to maintain proper firing elevation. Tanegashima (), most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English hinawajū (火縄銃, "matchlock gun"), was a type of matchlock-configured [1] arquebus [2] firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543. [3]
In 1543, Europeans reached Japan for the first time when a junk belonging to the Chinese wokou pirate lord Wang Zhi carrying Portuguese traders was shipwrecked at Tanegashima. The Portuguese introduced the arquebus to the Japanese during this chance encounter, which gave the Japanese, embroiled in the bloody Sengoku period at the time, a ...
William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Wiriamu Adamusu, 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
In the West, the onna-musha gained popularity when the historical documentary Samurai Warrior Queens aired on the Smithsonian Channel. [41] [42] Several other channels reprised the documentary. The 56th NHK taiga drama, Naotora: The Lady Warlord, was the first NHK drama where the female protagonist is the head of a samurai clan. [43]
Meet the crew about to make history: Jared Isaacman, Sarah Gillis, Anna Menon, and Scott Poteet. SpaceX just launched four people on its most daring human spaceflight yet, a mission called Polaris ...
Tomomitsu is a samurai serving the Fukashi Magistrate, who is Yorishige's ally. Tokoiwa Muneie (常岩 宗家) Tokoiwa is a samurai serving the Kitajo Magistrate, who is Yorishige's ally. Miura Hachirō (三浦 八郎) Hachirō is a young and loyal member of the Miura clan, vassal of the Hōjō clan. Miura Tokiaki (三浦 時明)
Netflix has given a formal green light to Blue Eye Samurai, an animated action series from Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. Maya Erskine (Pen15) leads a voice cast that also includes George Takei ...