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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
When gunpowder became used for weapontry, chivalry died. Many people were horrified at the time, but nothing they could do could stop it's death, except for getting rid of gunpowder. In Japan, they had the same problem, they did get rid of gunpowder, and stayed isolated, without gunpowder for 2 centuries.
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Ehhhr, no they didn't. Firearms however, did not evolve. When travelling to Edo the retinue of a Daimyo had to check their weapons at a toll gate, they were then returned when they went back to their domain. In essence the Japanese had 15th century technology from Portugal available to them, since there was no internal strife from 1600 on and no extrenal threats until Commodore Perry they never felt any need to develop those firearms.