Kunitomo's matchlock guns that changed the history of Japan in the warring states
What do you think this is？ In the 16th century (1543), two guns (matchlock guns) were introduced by Portuguese people boarding on a ship that was shipwrecked on Tanegashima Island（southwestern islands off kyushu）in Japan. From the following year, Ashikaga shogunate commanded to produce these guns here in Kunitomo-cho, currently Nagahama City, Japan. With the advent of guns, the way of battle during the Sengoku period of Japan (the period of the warring states) has dramatically changed. Please see the last picture. This is a matchlock gun performance held on October 12th in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Three preservation societies of matchlock guns participated in this performance. They use rolled up tissue paper for safety instead of the usual bullets. However, this gun was very inconvenient compared to modern guns. Before firing a gun, a lit rope was attached to a mechanism outside the barrel, and when the trigger was pulled, the lit rope ignited the gunpowder and a bullet
