| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In order to clarify out the process of how cannons(breech-loaders) were introduced and distributed into Japan, We conducted the investigations of actual measurement of cannons and extraction of metallic samples in Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan. In Russia artillery museum the result of our analysis on the cannon which is considered to be posested by Sorin Otomo was presented, and in French army museum and Royal Brlgium army museum I found Japanese cannons, which are considered to be made by Takatora Todo and Yoshinobu Satake. Our further investigations were conducted in National Malaysia museum, where we investigated Islam cannons, and in Portugal and Spain, where the roots of introduced cannons were investigated. Our finding have proven out, with scientific evidence, that Japanese cannons in the Age of Warring States have their origin in European cannons, and that, in the course of their distribution, Islamic technology in Southeast Asia had a big influence on the cannons.
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