The Tanegashima clan (種子島氏, Tanegashima-shi) is a Japanese aristocratic family of samurai origins that originated on the Tanegashima Island, just south...

clan made itself autonomous on Tanegashima after the Hōjō clan was annihilated and began to claim the clan name of Tanegashima. The Tanegashima clan ruled...

Toyotomi clan in the siege of Osaka and established the Tokugawa shogunate, the relatively peaceful Edo period arrived, and the use of tanegashima declined...

Tanegashima Tokitaka (1528 – October 21, 1579) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period, the 14th head of the Tanegashima clan. He is known for having...

1542, three Portuguese ships were carried by a typhoon to the island of Tanegashima, just off the coast of Kyūshū. Within ten years, trade with the Portuguese...

The Taira (平) was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period of Japanese history – the others being...

Ijuin Tadaaki Ijuin Tadaao Ijuin Tadamune Ijuin Tadazane Niiro Tadamoto Tanegashima Tokitaka Uwai Kakuken Yamada Arinobu Yamada Arinaga Akizuki Tanezane...

branch of Toki clan who descended from Seiwa Genji. Takigawa clan (滝川氏) – descended from Ki clan or Tomo clan (disputed). Tanegashima clan (種子島氏) – descended...

improve and mass-produce them. The Japanese matchlock was named tanegashima after the Tanegashima island, which is believed to be the place where it was first...

branch family of the Higo clan settled in Tanegashima and became the Tanegashima clan. The islands other than Tanegashima were grouped as the Twelve...