Engineering:Bo-hiya
Bo hiya (棒火矢 Bō hiya) is the Japanese version of the fire arrow. Bo-hiya were used in ancient Japan and by the samurai class of feudal Japan.
History and description
Fire arrows of some type have been used in Japan as far back as the 6th century where they are said to have been used during a military campaign in Korea. Bows (yumi) were used to launch these early fire arrows.[1]
In 10th-century China, gunpowder was used to launch fire arrows, and this type of fire arrow was used against the Japanese by Mongolian naval vessels in the 13th century.[2]
Gallery
Antique Japanese (samurai) bo hiya or bohiya (fire arrow) and hiya taihou (fire arrow cannon), Matsumoto Castle, in Nagano prefecture, Japan.
Antique Japanese (samurai) bohiya or bo hiya (fire arrow), showing the fuse, Matsumoto Castle, in Nagano prefecture, Japan.
Bo-hiya.
An Edo period wood block print showing samurai gunners using hiya zutsu (fire arrow guns) to fire bo-hiya.
Bo-hiya (fire arrow), ancient japanese weapon also known as hiya taihou (fire arrow cannon).
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Similar weapons
References
- ↑ Brinkley, Francis (1901). Japan: its history, arts, and literature. J.B. Millet Co.. pp. 135. https://archive.org/details/japanitshistorya02brin.
- ↑ Baker, David (1978). The Rocket: The History and Development of Rocket & Missile Technology. Crown. p. 10. ISBN 9780517534045. https://books.google.com/books?id=hEE-AQAAIAAJ.
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