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* ''Born: [[1528]]''
* ''Died: [[1579]]''
* ''Sons: [[Tanegashima Hisatoki]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''
Tokitada was the son of [[Tanegashima Satotoki]]. He was the official head of the [[Tanegashima clan|Tanegashima]] when he received the first Europeans in [[1543]] and arranged for their firearms to be studied and copied (for this reason arquebuses were known for a time as 'Tanegashima'). In fact, Tokitada’s smith was unable to reproduce a working arquebus for almost a year as he couldn’t effectively block up one end of the barrel to contain the force of the explosion of gunpowder. Another Portuguese vessel happened to call on Tanegashima and a blacksmith who was with the crew explained the idea of the stopper screw; until that point the screw was unknown to the Japanese. Like his father, Tokitada assisted [[Shimazu Takahisa]] in his efforts to subdue [[Osumi province|Ôsumi province]]. One of his daughters eventually became [[Shimazu Yoshihisa|Shimazu Yoshihisa’s]] second wife.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Died: [[1579]]''
* ''Sons: [[Tanegashima Hisatoki]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''
Tokitada was the son of [[Tanegashima Satotoki]]. He was the official head of the [[Tanegashima clan|Tanegashima]] when he received the first Europeans in [[1543]] and arranged for their firearms to be studied and copied (for this reason arquebuses were known for a time as 'Tanegashima'). In fact, Tokitada’s smith was unable to reproduce a working arquebus for almost a year as he couldn’t effectively block up one end of the barrel to contain the force of the explosion of gunpowder. Another Portuguese vessel happened to call on Tanegashima and a blacksmith who was with the crew explained the idea of the stopper screw; until that point the screw was unknown to the Japanese. Like his father, Tokitada assisted [[Shimazu Takahisa]] in his efforts to subdue [[Osumi province|Ôsumi province]]. One of his daughters eventually became [[Shimazu Yoshihisa|Shimazu Yoshihisa’s]] second wife.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]