As described above, before Hidetatsu EGAWA, Nirayama Daikan of the bakufu, paid attention to Shuhan TAKASHIMA, Shigeyoshi had had deep exchange with Shuhan TAKASHIMA, and in 1835, he was presented with a Western gun (bronze mortar gun), which was fabricated for the first time in Japan by Takashima. このように、茂義は、幕府韮山代官江川英龍などが着目する前から、高島秋帆と深い交流を持っており、天保6年(1835年)には高島が日本で初めて鋳造した西洋式大砲(青銅製モルチール砲)が茂義に献上されている。 |