The Saga of Tanegashima

Well before Shogun as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima Lord Tokitaka helped Captain Pinto repair his ship The grateful captain offered the lord a gifta matchlock musketthe first firearm ever seen in Japan But like a great stone hurled into placid waters this simple gift will start a revolution Tokitaka tasks Kinbei his greatest swordsmith to copy this musket and build guns for Japan While Kinbei struggles to forge Japans first musket a great love blooms between Captain Pinto and Kinbeis daughter Wakasa But for Kinbei to let Wakasa marry Pinto and go to Portugal is unthinkable And as Kinbei creates Japans first matchlock factory Lord Oda Nobunaga will seize upon firearms as the key to sweep all other clans before him tearing a bloodsoaked path of destruction through Japan