Short Barrel Tangeashima/Hinawaju Matchlock Musket

Japan

Edo period (1615-1868), About 1750

  • Titles Short Barrel Tangeashima/Hinawaju Matchlock Musket (Descriptive)@Matchlock Musket (Tanegashima) (Former title)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium steel and wood
  • Dimensions 43 x 5 x 3 in. (109.2 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase in memory of William M. Spencer III (1920-2010), 2017.23
  • Work Type musket
  • Classification Weapons and Ammunition
  • On View

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