“TAKING UP THE GUN”: EARLY MODERN JAPANESE FIREPOWER AND THE SIEGE OF HARA CASTLE「拿起槍械」:近代初期日本的火力以及原城被圍攻

The article examines the Tokugawa shogunate's campaign against Christian rebels in the siege of Hara Castle (Shimabara) in 1638, arguing that this case reverses the narrative that Japan "had given up the gun" following its initial adoption of firearms. Combining historical-political contextualizatio...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Matthew Keith
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau April 2008
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40026/3658

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