I have seen this style of wall gun used by the Japanese.These matchlocks were sold to them by the early Portuguese traders; as the Japanese evolved, it is not unimaginable that an obsolete weapon would be traded, sold, or stolen by another bellicose people of less martial sophistication.
The gun is a poor reflection on it's initial glory, however as a thing of great worth, it was modified, repaired, and patched, by various different owners painting a mural of many different owners and as such it is a beautiful canvas on which many wonderful stories can be inferred !
David
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