Tezutsu-hanabi
is a type of traditional Japanese fireworks using a flamethrower-like handheld projector. History The chronicle preserved at records the first use of fireworks in Mikawa in 1558. Pyrotechnic signal flares were used during the Sengoku period. The of 1741 states that ''tezutsu-hanabi'' were presented to Tokugawa Ieyasu at Edo Castle in 1613. It is believed that the Hōjutsu, gunnery corps of the Tokugawa clan brought back knowledge of pyrotechnics when they returned to Mikawa Province in the early 17th century. Ieyasu entrusted the with the mass production of gunpowder, and because of this, it is said, Mikawa became the home of many advances in pyrotechnics. Characteristics of the ''tezutsu-hanabi'' projector ''Tezutsu-hanabi'' are prepared by local amateurs who have obtained a license to do so. Structurally, the projector is a roughly 100-80 centimeter long cartridge made of Phyllostachys edulis, ''mōsō'' bamboo reinforced with rope and packed with a mixture of slow-burn ...
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