Matchlock Musket (Tanegashima)

Japan

Edo period (1615-1868)

  • Titles Matchlock Musket (Tanegashima) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium steel and wood
  • Dimensions 57 1/2 x 5 x 2 in. (146.1 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase in memory of William M. Spencer III (1920-2010), 2017.19
  • Work Type musket
  • Classification Weapons and Ammunition
  • On View

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