Gun Chronicles - Gun

This is a piece of writing about the introduction of guns in 1543 (Tenbun 12). It was written in 1606 (Keicho 11) by Nanpo Bunshi, a Confucian monk who lived at Dairyuji Temple in Satsuma Province, at the request of Tanegashima Hisatoki. It records how Tanegashima Tokitaka, the lord of Tanegashima, bought two guns from a European who was cast ashore on Tanegashima in 1543 and had his retainers learn how to mix gunpowder, how he gave one of the guns to Suginobō of Negoro Temple in Kishu, and how the following year he also had another European teach him how to cast guns. This piece of writing praises Tokitaka's achievements in the spread of guns, and although it may have been embellished, it is believed to be based on historical materials from the Tanegashima family and the description is considered to be fairly accurate. It is included in Bunno's collection of poems and prose, "Nanpo Bunshu." It is also included in the "Satsuma-han Sosho" collection.

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"New Satsuma Domain Collection 4" (1971, Rekishi Toshosha)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

1543年（天文12）の鉄炮伝来について記した一文。1606年（慶長11）儒僧で薩摩国大龍寺に住していた南浦文之(なんぽぶんし)が、種子島久時(たねがしまひさとき)の依頼により撰文。1543年種子島に漂着したヨーロッパ人から、種子島の領主種子島時尭(ときたか)が鉄炮2挺を買い求め、火薬の調合法を家臣に学ばせたこと、うち1挺を紀州根来(ねごろ)寺の杉坊(すぎのぼう)に譲ったこと、翌年別のヨーロッパ人から鉄炮の鋳造法も学ばせたことなどを記す。鉄炮の普及について時尭の功績をたたえた一文で、潤色の可能性はあるが、種子島家からの史料等によっているとみられ、記述はほぼ正確と考えられる。文之の詩文集『南浦文集』に収載。『薩藩叢書』に所収。

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『『新薩藩叢書4』（1971・歴史図書社）』

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