How common was the use of firearms in Sengoku era Japan?
As common as the use of hyper weapons
Thousands upon thousands of them were made. Nobunaga made them one of the most crucial parts of his army. He was however very wise to directly control the factories that produced them so his enemies could never get a hold of more than he had.
The Shimazu were also pretty famous for using guns by luring their opponents into crossfire. Satsuma became one of the leading gun manufacturers in Japan in the late Sengoku Jidai.
A fuck ton of firearms were used in the battle of Sekigahara. Also pretty sure it saw the first usage of cannons in Japan.
We all know how by 1600's Japan was closed to all but even so, they used guns a lot, even though they made improvements on design (for example, lacquer boxes for hiding the wick from wind or rain), they never made/used/discovered flash powder they had trouble firing under humid conditions very up to the 1700's so many commanders didnt want them for being non practical.
Also the love for tradition played a major part in keeping traditional weapons over modern stuff
Very.
>>1073391
musket troops were shit in sengoku rance
>>1073539
>We all know how by 1600's Japan was closed to all
It was by the 1630's actually, well not to point out anything wrong with what you said but people typically think that by the time of Sekigahara and the somewhat pacification of Japan, it closed itself, in fact it was one generation later.
>>1073936
>implying
>>1073391
kys
There are estimates that Japan had more muskets and musketeers than any other state in the world by sekigahara
>>1074875
By ratio, doofus.
I doubt it had more muskets than the fucking ottomans.
>>1073936
The strongest
