Yep.Japanese didnt copy the Portuguese naval gun staight away, like they did for the teppo. It is possibly that they had broblems in casting cannons to begin with, but few daimyos bought cannons like Otomo Sorin, the Christian daimyo of Kyushu. Also Tokugawa Ieyasu used cannons to bombard the last Toyotomi fortress of Osaka castle in campaigns that marked the end of the period. I dont know if these were domestic products or bought from foreigners.But all the teppo´s shown in the previous post of mine were of Japanese design.
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