Table of Contents

The arrival of the Portuguese; the record of the musket; translation of the "Tanegashima Kafu"; the Tanegashima family and "Tanegashima Kafu"; the "Teppoki", "Tanegashima Kafu" and historical setting; Fernao Mendes Pinto and his four visits to Japan, according to the "Peregrinacam"; translation of the "Kunitomo Teppoki"; a discussion of "Kunitomo Teppoki"; "Teppo" production at Sakai; "Teppo" production at Negoro; the "Teppo" on Kyushu; Francis Xavier in Japan. Appendices: "Teppoki"; "Tanegashima Kafu" (partial); "Kunitomo Teppoki".