"During my visit to Sakai, Izumi Province around the beginning of the Kyoroku era, surprised by a huge sound, I asked a person what happened and he said this was "teppo" (gun) which was first introduced from China in 1510. He then showed me how to shoot it."
享禄はじまる年、和泉の堺へ下りしに、あらけなく鳴物の声する、是は何事ぞやととへば、鉄炮と云物、唐国より永正七年に初て渡りたると云て、目当てと　うつ。