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*''Built: [[1624]]''
*''Japanese'': 波奈之丸 ''(nami nashi maru)''
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was one of the chief personal ships of the [[Hosokawa clan]] lord of [[Kumamoto han]]. A ''[[gozabune]]'', it was grand in design and ornately decorated to display the wealth, power, and cultivation of the Hosokawa, and featured a special compartment (''goza'' or ''yakata'') employed by the ''daimyô'' himself. It was regularly used by the Hosokawa lords for the maritime portion of their ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' journeys to [[Edo]], sailing between [[Kumamoto]] and [[Osaka]].
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was first constructed in [[1624]] by [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]], and was rebuilt numerous times, such that it continued to exist, albeit in new incarnations, throughout the rest of the [[Edo period]]. The ''goza'' ("honorable seat") section of the sixth incarnation of the ship (built in [[1839]]) survives today, and is typically on display in [[Kumamoto castle]]. This sixth incarnation of the ship was some eighteen meters long and six or seven meters wide.
The ''goza'' is a small rectangular room which, on the inside at least, was constructed in essentially the same style as the rooms of a ''daimyô'' mansion: the floors are lined with [[tatami]], the walls with colorful paintings on a gold-foiled ground, and the ceiling in lacquered lattice, with gold ornaments and ornate paintings. A set of sliding screens (''[[fusuma]]'') divide this space into two sections: the ''goza-no-ma'', where the ''daimyô'' would sit, and the ''tsugi-no-ma'', where retainers and others would sit to face the ''daimyô''. The ''goza-no-ma'' was elevated one step above the ''tsugi-no-ma'' in height, allowing the ''daimyô'' to sit literally higher than those he met with; this was not only a nominal or symbolic representation of hierarchy - it also likely genuinely served to make him appear more impressive or imposing.
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==References==
*''Eisei bunko no kokuhô'', Tokyo: Eisei Bunko (2004), cat. no. 42.
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Japanese'': 波奈之丸 ''(nami nashi maru)''
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was one of the chief personal ships of the [[Hosokawa clan]] lord of [[Kumamoto han]]. A ''[[gozabune]]'', it was grand in design and ornately decorated to display the wealth, power, and cultivation of the Hosokawa, and featured a special compartment (''goza'' or ''yakata'') employed by the ''daimyô'' himself. It was regularly used by the Hosokawa lords for the maritime portion of their ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' journeys to [[Edo]], sailing between [[Kumamoto]] and [[Osaka]].
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was first constructed in [[1624]] by [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]], and was rebuilt numerous times, such that it continued to exist, albeit in new incarnations, throughout the rest of the [[Edo period]]. The ''goza'' ("honorable seat") section of the sixth incarnation of the ship (built in [[1839]]) survives today, and is typically on display in [[Kumamoto castle]]. This sixth incarnation of the ship was some eighteen meters long and six or seven meters wide.
The ''goza'' is a small rectangular room which, on the inside at least, was constructed in essentially the same style as the rooms of a ''daimyô'' mansion: the floors are lined with [[tatami]], the walls with colorful paintings on a gold-foiled ground, and the ceiling in lacquered lattice, with gold ornaments and ornate paintings. A set of sliding screens (''[[fusuma]]'') divide this space into two sections: the ''goza-no-ma'', where the ''daimyô'' would sit, and the ''tsugi-no-ma'', where retainers and others would sit to face the ''daimyô''. The ''goza-no-ma'' was elevated one step above the ''tsugi-no-ma'' in height, allowing the ''daimyô'' to sit literally higher than those he met with; this was not only a nominal or symbolic representation of hierarchy - it also likely genuinely served to make him appear more impressive or imposing.
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==References==
*''Eisei bunko no kokuhô'', Tokyo: Eisei Bunko (2004), cat. no. 42.
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]