Shoheimaru

A model of the Shôheimaru, on display at the Museum of the Meiji Restoration in Kagoshima

• Built: 1853-1854
• Japanese: 昇平丸 (Shouhei maru)

The Shôheimaru was a Western-style tall-masted sailing ship, constructed at the orders of Shimazu Nariakira, lord of Satsuma han, in 1853-1854. It was 31 meters long, with three masts, ten cannon, two mortars, four turret guns, and a displacement of 370 tons, and was given as a gift to the Tokugawa shogunate.

References

• Gallery labels, permanent exhibits gallery, Shôkoshûseikan, Kagoshima, Sept 2014.