Bajōzutsu

The bajōzutsu (馬上筒^?) was a tanegashima (Japanese matchlock) in the form of a pistol. Bajōzutsu were used by mounted samurai in feudal Japan.^[1]

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↑ Arms and armor of the samurai: the history of weaponry in ancient Japan, Authors Ian Bottomley, Anthony Hopson, reprint Publisher Crescent Books, 1993, ISBN 0517103184, 9780517103180

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Firearms	Arquebus Bajōzutsu Belton flintlock Blunderbuss (Dragon) Cookson repeater Doglock Fire lance Flintlock Hand cannon Hand mortar Howdah pistol Huochong Huolongjing Jingal Kalthoff repeater Matchlock Miquelet lock Muzzleloader Nock gun Snap matchlock Snaphance Snaplock Tanegashima Tu Huo Qiang Wheellock

Muskets	Brown Bess Charleville musket Culverin Jazāyer Jezail Kabyle musket Model 1795 Musket Model 1816 Musket Model 1822 Musket Musket Model 1777 Musketoon Springfield Model 1812 Musket Springfield musket Springfield rifle Wall gun

Early artillery	Abus gun Artillery of France in the Middle Ages Basilisk Bâton à feu Bombard Chongtong Culverin Fauconneau Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages Gunpowder artillery in the Song dynasty Breech-loading swivel gun Hongyipao Korean cannon Lantaka Pierrier à boîte Pot-de-fer Ribauldequin Veuglaire

Medieval superguns	Dulle Griet Faule Grete Faule Mette Grose Bochse Mons Meg Pumhart von Steyr

Early rockets and incendiaries	Bo-hiya Congreve rocket Fire arrow Huo Che Greek fire Huolongjing Hwacha Mysorean rockets Singijeon

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Swords and daggers	Chokutō Dōtanuki Guntō Hachiwara (dirk type) Kaiken Katana Kodachi Nagamaki Ninjatō Ōdachi Shinken Tachi Tantō Tsurugi Uchigatana Wakizashi Yoroidōshi Zanbatō

Pole and spear weapons	Bisento Hoko yari Kamayari Naginata Sasumata Sodegarami Torimono sandōgu Tsukubō Yari

Practice weapons	Bokken Iaitō Shinai Shinken Suburitō Tanren bō

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Armour types	Brigandine Lame Lamellar Laminar Mail Plate Plated mail Scale

Clothing	Kyahan Shitagi Uwa-obi

Samurai accoutrements	Abumi Daishō Horo Kaginawa Kate-bukuro Kubi bukuro Kura Uchi-bukuro Yebira

Chain and rope weapons	Chigiriki Kusarigama Kusari-fundo Kyoketsu-shoge

Clubs and truncheons	Hachiwara (club type) Jitte Kanabō Tekkan Tessen

Staff weapons	Bō Hanbō Jō Tambō/Tanbō

Other Japanese weapons	Bajōzutsu Bo-hiya Kama Kyoketsu-shoge Makibishi Metsubushi Ono Ōtsuchi Oyumi Shobo Shuriken Suntetsu Tanegashima Ya Yubi-bo Yumi

Signal devices	Gunbai Hata-jirushi Horagai Kabura-ya Nobori Saihai Sashimono Uma-jirushi

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