Hello,

I just found somethink like this. I think it may be usefull (pdf document download)

http://goo.gl/iiZg18

Marcin Stasko,

Thank you for your reply. The attached article provides some insight into cultural influence on technical transfer. Thanks. 

A few years, back, Anne Walthall gave a talk at SOAS on the introduction of guns to Japan. You can find an abstract in this newsletter, p. 13: https://www.soas.ac.uk/jrc/newsletter/file79728.pdf Anne Walthall seems to have only published on this topic from a gender studies perspective in 'Recreating Japanese Men' http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppdhr  A thesis on guns in Japan seems more directly relevant to your research: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/indexablecontent/uuid:10839eb7-07a4-40e2-a56c-810ea7234003  I would contact Anne Walthall directly and ask her for details: http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2515

Radu Leca, 

Thank you. I am following up on your suggestions. Unfortunately the text of Prof. Walthall's article is not available on JSTOR. I will pursue this thread. Thanks again.

can you read japanese? if you can you should read Kage Toshio's article of Otomo Sorin's trade. There is a new article on saltpeter in "Off-shore Asia" pls check that book online if you are at UBC.

can you read japanese? if you can you should read Kage Toshio's article of Otomo Sorin's trade. There is a new article on saltpeter in "Off-shore Asia" pls check that book online if you are at UBC. I think i wrote something on it in my article as well...but I am not sure how detailed of an answer you need.

 I forgot to say that there is alot written in Japanese starting from HORA TOMIO, until now with prof. Shinji Yamauchi

 I forgot to say that there is alot written in Japanese starting from HORA TOMIO, until now with prof. Shinji Yamauchi