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Re: pirate + ninja
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lugnet.people
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Sat, 3 Mar 2001 18:26:57 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> > I'll probably go with muskets, bows, and swords.
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> I forget the name, but the Japanese had a word for the musket
> that dates to the 16th century. I remember an article had been
> written on the use of gunpowder in Japan following European
> contact, and how it was eventually contained, but the cite has
> escaped me at present. I'll ask the Dutch when I talk to them.
Since the first guns arrived on the island of Tanegashima, guns were
known as tanegashima for a while, but were later called teppo.
Chris
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