During the Tenpo era, Western firearm strategy was brought by Shuhan TAKASHIMA; after its demonstration conducted in the open military drill held in Bushu Tokumarugahara (present-day Takashimadaira, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo), it was adopted as 'gunnery of Takashima school' by the Edo shogunate and the southwest strong domains, and spread quickly.
天保年間に高島秋帆によって西欧の火器用兵術が紹介され、殊に武州徳丸原（ぶしゅうとくまるがはら＝現、東京都板橋区高島平）での公開演練の後は、江戸幕府や西南雄藩において「高島流砲術」として導入され急速に普及した。