Bajō-zutsu

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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]

References

^ 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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[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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