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Samurai in the late sixteenth century were not averse to using firearms, despite myths suggesting they considered them dishonorable.
“And there used to be a myth, I think, that the samurai wouldn't use these weapons because they were too good. You know, you can you can learn to use one of these weapons in a few minutes, right? To learn to use a bow and arrow or a sword, well, it's a kind of a lifetime uh sort of task. So, there's ”
Dan Snow's History Hit · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 92K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.