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submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nobunaga is literally the most successful of the Japanese warlords because he looted a Spanish merchant vessel and obtained guns and powder.

Then he did everything possible to get more.

This narrative that evil Europeans forced them to use guns is absurd.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's more that guns were hard to get until the British and Americans forced Japan to open its borders. They were generally imported through the Spanish/Portuguese, or the Dutch after they established trade relations. Even after they started making their own matchlocks, I believe they were only produced in small batches due to the high percentage of impurities in Japan's iron deposits.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Fuck nanban trade ports. All my homies hate Christianity.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You’re right, that last sentence was ham fisted - I was referring to the gunboat diplomacy opening the trade free for all after decades of isolation, not colonial annexation.