EP04 Guns During the Sengoku Period
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Following up episode 3 which covered the history of gun in Japan up to the introduction of Western guns by the Portuguese in the 1540's, this episode examines the history of the gun during the Sengoku period.
From the 1540's through the battle of Nagashino and on until the end of the Sengoku period (Approx. 1477-1615) , Western guns in Japan played a bigger and bigger role in war and revolutionized warfare during the 16th century.
In this podcast, your hosts examine the use and distribution of Western guns during this time with records of the numbers of guns held by Daimyo armies and deployed in battle, and how warfare changed during this period.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare
Writing Histories In Japan. International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007
http://bit.ly/mLNUtu
The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare, 1543-98
By Delmer M. Brown, The Far Eastern Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May, 1948), pp. 236-253
http://bit.ly/kJ3v7N
Neilson, David Society at War: Eyewitness Accounts of Sixteenth Century Japan
PhD Dissertation University of Oregon, 2007
http://bit.ly/gglZnb
Oda Nobunaga Rekishi Gunzo Series #1
GAKKEN, 1996
Uezato, Takashi, Ryûkyû no kaki ni tsuite (On Ryukyu's Firearms)
Okinawa Bunka, No. 36, pp73-92, July 2000
Weapons & Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior 1200-1877 AD
By Thomas, D Conlan, Amber Books Ltd, 2008
http://bit.ly/iTAroK