Nanpō Bunshi was a Rinzai school Buddhist priest in Sengoku to early Edo period Japan. He was also a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Satsunan school, and author of a number of books. He is especially noted as the author of an account of the history of firearms entitled Teppō-ki.
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Nanpō Bunshi was a Rinzai school Buddhist priest in Sengoku to early Edo period Japan. He was also a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Satsunan school, and author of a number of books. He is especially noted as the author of an account of the history of firearms entitled Teppō-ki. and for Tō Ryūkyū shi narabi ni jo describing the history of the Ryūkyū Kingdom and the justifications for the 1609 Shimazu invasion of Ryukyu.
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