 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - MuJapan, kutanga kunyorwa kwokuiswa kwechidzitiro chemutambo chinozivikanwa setanegashima kwakaitwa nevaPutukezi muna 1543. Tanegashima inoratidzika kunge yakavakirwa pamienzaniso ye snap matchlocks yakatengwa kubva kune vatengesi vechiPutukezi, uye yakatanga kugadzirwa mumatura echiPutukezi aripo muAsia kusanganisira chiPutukezi Malacca neGoa muPutukezi India, ayo aive maguta akatorwa nemaPutukezi muna 1511uye 1510, zvichiteerana. Bhasi reMalay, istinggar, rakashandisa rudzi urwu rwomuitiro. Kwakanga kune mashandiro maviri akasiyana-siyana anoshandiswa muIndo-Portuguese matchlock pfuti. Imwe ine tsime rimwe chete remagandanga ezvombo zveLusitanian, izvo zvinogona kuwanikwa muCeylon, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, neVietnam, uye imwe ine tsime rakaumbwa saV, rinogona kuwanikwa muJava, Bali, China, Japan, neKorea. 