Tanegashima

The Tanegashima (種子島), also known as hinawajuu (火縄銃) or teppo (鉄砲), is a Japanese clone of a muzzleloading matchlock arquebus, introduced to Japan when 2 samples were purchased from Portuguese sailors on the Tanegashima 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use in the Sengoku Jidai (or Japanese Warring States) period and the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, before being superseded in the 19th century by more advanced firearms.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. 
Like most antique firearms, any Tanegashima that is fired in a live-action work is almost certainly a prop or modern reproduction, due to the needless expense of procuring the genuine historical articles (most of which are now rare and expensive museum pieces) for such scenes.
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==Specifications==
(16th Century - 19th Century Japan)
Type: Muzzleloading black powder arquebus
Caliber: Various
Capacity: 1
Fire Modes: Single Shot
Effective Range: Usually 87 - 110 yds (80 to 100 meters) for the long guns
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Seven Samurai 	 	bandits 	 	1954
Seven Samurai 	Toshirô Mifune 	Kikuchiyo 	 	1954
Seven Samurai 	Shinpei Takagi 	bandit chief 	 	1954
Seven Samurai 	Seiji Miyaguchi 	Kyuzo 	 	1954
Seven Samurai 	Isao Kimura 	Katsushirō 	 	1954
Seven Samurai 	Takashi Shimura 	Kambei Shimada 	 	1954
Seven Samurai 	Toshio Takahara 	Bandit with Gun 	 	1954
Harakiri 	Tôru Takeuchi 	Retainer 	 	1962
Harakiri 	Hisashi Igawa 	Retainer 	 	1962
Harakiri 	Shichisaburô Amatsu	Retainer 	 	1962
The Yellow One 	 	 	hung on the walls 	1964
The Yakuza 	 	 	hanged on the wall 	1975
G.I. Samurai 	Haruki Kadokawa 	Sanada Masayuki 	 	1979
G.I. Samurai 	 	Ashigaru 	 	1979
Kagemusha 	 	A few thousand characters 	 	1980
Kagemusha 	Tatsuya Nakadai 	Kagemusha 	 	1980
Shogun Assassin 	 	samurai 	 	1980
Ran 	 	Various soldiers of Taro, Jiro, Saburo's army	 	1985
Ran 	Hisashi Igawa 	Shuri Kurogane 	 	1985
The Shore of Salvation (Bereg spaseniya)	Cho Jae-Yong 	Elder 	 	1990
The Shore of Salvation (Bereg spaseniya)	Lee Sol Hi 	Barame 	 	1990
The Shore of Salvation (Bereg spaseniya)	 	Peasants 	 	1990
Heaven and Earth 	 	soldiers 	 	1990
Heaven and Earth 	Takaaki Enoki 	Kagetora 	 	1990
Journey of Honor 	 	japanese soldiers 	 	1991
Journey of Honor 	Toshirô Mifune 	Lord Ieyasu 	 	1991
Journey of Honor 	Sho Kosugi 	Daigoro Mayeda 	 	1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 	John Aylward 	Niles 	 	1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 	Elias Koteas 	Casey Jones / Whit 	 	1993
Anna and the King 	 	Soldier 	 	1999
Azumi 	 	Samurai 	 	2003
The Hidden Blade 	 	Guards 	 	2004
Heaven's Soldiers 	 	Japanese sailors 	 	2005
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 	 	Ashigaru 	 	2005
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 	Haruka Ayase 	Nohime 	only held, not fired 	2005
Philosophy of a Knife 	 	Boy 	toy, archive footage 	2008
John Carter 	Willem Dafoe 	Tars Tarkas 	mocked up as Custom Thark rifle	2012
John Carter 	Thomas Haden Church	Tal Hajus 	mocked up as Custom Thark rifle	2012
John Carter 	Samantha Morton 	Sola 	mocked up as Custom Thark rifle	2012
John Carter 	Taylor Kitsch 	John Carter 	mocked up as Custom Thark rifle	2012
John Carter 	Polly Walker 	Sarkoja 	mocked up as Custom Thark rifle	2012
John Carter 	 	Tharks 	mocked up as Custom Thark rifle	2012
Shinobido 	 	Samurai 	 	2012
Unforgiven 	 	Men who are engaged 	 	2013
Hell Dogs 	 	 	on the wall 	2022
=== Television ===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Shōgun 	 	Toranaga's forces 	 	1980
Sukeban Deka III: Ninja Girl Romance	 	 	Episode 4 	1986 - 1987
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 	 	 	Seen in museum; "Word of God" (S04E04) 	2005
Heroes - Season 2 	Darryl Chan 	Whitebeard's men 	"The Line" (S2E06) 	2007
Yae's Sakura 	Haruka Ayase 	Niijima Yae 	 	2013
Yae's Sakura 	Yutaka Matsushige 	Yamamoto Gonpachi 	"The Heart Must Do What it Must" (Ep.02) 	2013
Yae's Sakura 	Hiroki Hasegawa 	Kawasaki Shonosuke 	"The Tragedy of the Nihonmatsu Youth Brigade" (Ep.24)	2013
Yae's Sakura 	Hidetoshi Nishijima	Yamamoto Kakuma 	"No Means No" (Ep.01) 	2013
Yae's Sakura 	 	Samurais, Asigaru 	 	2013
Nobunaga Concerto 	Shun Oguri 	Saburō 	 	2014
Nobunaga Concerto 	Kaho 	Yuki 	(E07) 	2014
Nobunaga Concerto 	Kou Shibasaki 	Kichō 	(E07) 	2014
Nobunaga Concerto 	Takayuki Yamada 	Kinoshita Tōkichirō	(E09) 	2014
Nobunaga Concerto 	Taisuke Fujigaya 	Maeda Toshiie 	(E09) 	2014
Nobunaga Concerto 	Shinnosuke Abe 	Sassa Narimasa 	(E09) 	2014
Nobunaga Concerto 	Osamu Mukai 	Ikeda Tsuneoki 	(E10) 	2014
Nobunaga Concerto 	 	Soldiers 	 	2014
Salem - Season 1 	 	Soldier 	"The Vow" (S1E01) 	2014
Kamen Rider Ghost 	 	 	"Gathered! Fifteen Eyecons!" (S1E10) 	2015-2016
Shōgun 	 	Ashigaru 	 	2024
===Video Game===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Note 	Release Date
Yakuza 2 	 	 	2006
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	 	Joke weapon that has 1-in-3 chance of summoning a tornado when fired. 	2008
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! 	 	Unusable by the player, except as a bludgeon in certain circumstances 	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
Yakuza Kiwami 2 	"Komaki Matchlock Gun"	Adapted to fire three rounds without reloading like the pepperbox model below, but only modeled with a single barrel and flash pan.	2018
===Anime=== 
Show Title 	Character 	Notation 	Date
The Dagger of Kamui 	Imperisal Japanese Army, Ashigaru 	 	1985
Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy 	Daisuke Jigen, Lupin III, Fujiko Mine 	muskets, gold-plated furniture 	1987
Those Who Hunt Elves - Season 1 	Teacher 	"The Search for the 1000th Fighter" (S1E04) 	1996
InuYasha 	Foot soldiers, Ashigaru 	numerous episodes 	2000–2004
Gun Frontier 	Samurai 	also known as a "Hinawajyu" 	2002
Samurai Champloo 	Soldiers 	 	2004-2005
Magical Witch Punie-chan 	Punie Tanaka's troops 	"What does my involvement mean if it be only tepid?" (E4.A) 	2006-2008
Afro Samurai 	Mercenary 	first episode 	2007
Case Closed - Season 16 	A Matagi 	Ep. "Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope"	2007
Demon King Daimao 	Ninja 	 	2010
Tekken: Blood Vengeance 	 	 	2011
Beyond the Boundary 	 	 	2013
Witch Craft Works 	Ayaka Kagari 	"Takamiya-kun and the Witches’ Agenda" (ep.02) 	2014
Nobunagun 	Soldiers 	flashback in episode 1 	2014
Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA 	 	 	2015
Mobile Suit Gundam: IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS	 	Tanegashima Pistol 	2015
Drifters 	Japanese warlords, Oda Nobunaga, Toyohisa Shimazu	 	2015
Case Closed - Season 27 	Oda Nobunaga statue 	"The Nobunaga 450 Case" 	2017–2018
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 	 	 	2021
===Animation===
Title 	Characters	Notation 	Date
Hit-Monkey	Ashigaru 	"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" (S2E02)	2024
=Tanegashima Pepperbox=
The Tanegashima Pepperbox is a very rare type of the medieval Japanese firearm. While hundreds of thousands of standard Tanegashima were produced, only a few dozen examples of the pepperbox are known. The standard type of Tanegashima pepperbox mates the matchlock gun with three manually revolving barrels with a single lock and hammer.
==Specifications==
(16th Century - 19th Century Japan)
Type: Muzzleloading black powder revolving barrels pepperbox
Caliber: Various
Capacity: 3
Fire Modes: Single Shot
===Film===
Title	Actor 	Character 	Note	Date
Azumi	Kazuki Kitamura	Kanbē Inoue	 	2003
Category:Gun
Category:Muzzleloader
Category:Rifle
Category:Pistol