Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache View Post
Correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC large calibre cannons were only used once in the Sengoku Jidai period and they belonged to a foreign naval ship that was asked to bombard a costal fortress. If true, then surely only muskets and suchlike would be available.

Then again, it is only a game.
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.