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The ''Kankô Maru'', originally known as ''Soembing'', was a Dutch ship sent by the King of the Netherlands to [[Nagasaki]] in [[1854]] and again in [[1855]], as part of arrangements by [[VOC]] factor [[Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius]] to provide naval and military training to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] troops as part of a broader set of treaty agreements.

The ''Kankô Maru'', originally known as ''Soembing'', was a Dutch ship sent by the King of the Netherlands to [[Nagasaki]] in [[1854]] and again in [[1855]], as part of arrangements by [[VOC]] factor [[Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius]] to provide naval and military training to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] troops as part of a broader set of treaty agreements.

The shogunate expressed to Curtius in [[1853]] interest in constructing a modern Japanese navy. Curtius corresponded with the Netherlands, and the ''Soembing'' arrived at Nagasaki the following summer, where its crew engaged in some limited training exercises. In July 1855, Curtius proposed that the ''Soembing'' be given as a gift to the shogunate, and that its crew train some number of Japanese sailors more extensively, but only in conjunction with a broader formal treaty between the two countries.  

The shogunate expressed to Curtius in [[1853]] interest in constructing a modern Japanese navy. Curtius corresponded with the Netherlands, and the ''Soembing'' arrived at Nagasaki the following summer captained by a Captain Fabius. There, its crew engaged in some limited training exercises. In July 1855, Curtius proposed that the ''Soembing'' be given as a gift to the shogunate, and that its crew train some number of Japanese sailors more extensively, but only in conjunction with a broader formal treaty between the two countries.  

Curtius made his formal proposal for a commercial treaty on September 7 (7/26), and by February the following year, the Dutch-Japanese [[Treaty of Peace and Amity (Dutch-Japan)|Treaty of Peace and Amity]] had been concluded.

Curtius made his formal proposal for a commercial treaty on September 7 (7/26), and by February the following year, the Dutch-Japanese [[Treaty of Peace and Amity (Dutch-Japan)|Treaty of Peace and Amity]] had been concluded.

==References==

==References==

*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 260.

*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 260.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 622.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 622, 628.

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

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