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[[File:Shinkosen.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A model of a Ryukyuan [[tribute]] ship, on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum]]
*''Other Names'': 進貢船 ''(shinkou sen)'', 接貢船 ''(sekkou sen)''
*''Japanese'': 楷船 ''(kaisen)''
''Kaisen'' were a type of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] ship used to carry official missions to [[Kagoshima]]. They were typically ships that had previously been used to sail to China, as either ''shinkôsen'' ("[[tribute]] ships" carrying official [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China]]) or ''sekkôsen'' (ships which went to bring Ryukyuan officials back from China, often transporting trade goods as well); after three or so such journeys to China, a ship would often be stripped of its weaponry, and thus transformed into a ''kaisen'', to be used for journeys to Kagoshima.<ref>"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-40868.html Kaisen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref>
Such ships were typically around thirty meters long and eight meters wide, with a main mast roughly thirty meters in height. They were of a nearly identical design to Chinese junks plying the same waters.
While ''shinkôsen'' carried official missions to China roughly once every other year, ''sekkôsen'' traveled to [[Fuzhou]] in the alternating years, ostensibly to bring the previous year's mission back home; however, both ''shinkôsen'' and ''sekkôsen'' also carried considerable amounts of tribute/trade goods, playing a vital role in the flow of [[silver]], herbal medicines, a variety of luxury goods, and other products, between China, Ryûkyû, and Japan.
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-41871.html Sekkôsen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*"Tribute Ship to China Model," gallery label, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.
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[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Other Names'': 進貢船 ''(shinkou sen)'', 接貢船 ''(sekkou sen)''
*''Japanese'': 楷船 ''(kaisen)''
''Kaisen'' were a type of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] ship used to carry official missions to [[Kagoshima]]. They were typically ships that had previously been used to sail to China, as either ''shinkôsen'' ("[[tribute]] ships" carrying official [[Ryukyuan tribute missions to China]]) or ''sekkôsen'' (ships which went to bring Ryukyuan officials back from China, often transporting trade goods as well); after three or so such journeys to China, a ship would often be stripped of its weaponry, and thus transformed into a ''kaisen'', to be used for journeys to Kagoshima.<ref>"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-40868.html Kaisen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.</ref>
Such ships were typically around thirty meters long and eight meters wide, with a main mast roughly thirty meters in height. They were of a nearly identical design to Chinese junks plying the same waters.
While ''shinkôsen'' carried official missions to China roughly once every other year, ''sekkôsen'' traveled to [[Fuzhou]] in the alternating years, ostensibly to bring the previous year's mission back home; however, both ''shinkôsen'' and ''sekkôsen'' also carried considerable amounts of tribute/trade goods, playing a vital role in the flow of [[silver]], herbal medicines, a variety of luxury goods, and other products, between China, Ryûkyû, and Japan.
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/okinawa-dic/prentry-41871.html Sekkôsen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
*"Tribute Ship to China Model," gallery label, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.
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[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]