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*''Other Names'': 御召船 ''(omeshi bune)''
*''Japanese'': 御座船 ''(gozabune, gozasen)''
*''Japanese'': 御座船 ''(gozabune, gozasen)''
The [[Date clan]] of [[Uwajima han]] named their ''gozabune'' the ''Ôhô Maru'' ("Great Phoenix"). Lacquered in vermillion from end to end and decorated with numerous gold ornaments, it boasted 68 oars, and was 500 ''[[koku]]'' in size.<ref>The amount of cargo a cargo ship of the same size could carry. ''Umimichi wo yuku'', 29.</ref> The ''gozabune'' of the [[Matsudaira clan]] lord of [[Takamatsu han]], named ''Hiryû Maru'' ("Flying Dragon") was of similar size. Thirty-two meters in length, it was also considered a 500 ''koku'' vessel. It had 52 oars, and sails made from 18 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tan]]'' of fabric. It was made entirely of white wood, giving it a simple, clean, look, but was ornamented with numerous ''mitsuba-aoi'' (triple hollyhock) family crests (''[[kamon]]'') in gold. Originally built in [[1669]], the ''Hiryû Maru'' was reconstructed in [[1751]] and again in [[1789]].<ref>''Umimichi wo yuku'', 32.</ref>
The [[Date clan]] of [[Uwajima han]] named their ''gozabune'' the ''Ôhô Maru'' ("Great Phoenix"). Lacquered in vermillion from end to end and decorated with numerous gold ornaments, it boasted 68 oars, and was 500 ''[[koku]]'' in size.<ref>The amount of cargo a cargo ship of the same size could carry. ''Umimichi wo yuku'', 29.</ref> The ''gozabune'' of the [[Matsudaira clan]] lord of [[Takamatsu han]], named ''Hiryû Maru'' ("Flying Dragon") was of similar size. Thirty-two meters in length, it was also considered a 500 ''koku'' vessel. It had 52 oars, and sails made from 18 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tan]]'' of fabric. It was made entirely of white wood, giving it a simple, clean, look, but was ornamented with numerous ''mitsuba-aoi'' (triple hollyhock) family crests (''[[kamon]]'') in gold. Originally built in [[1669]], the ''Hiryû Maru'' was reconstructed in [[1751]] and again in [[1789]].<ref>''Umimichi wo yuku'', 32.</ref>
Many domains typically had a particular harbor, and particular places within that harbor, where such ships were kept when not in use. Further, the domain's ships were often organized in a hierarchy, with a particular ship being the most important or highest-ranking, another particular ship being second, and so forth.<ref>''Umimichi wo yuku'', 109.</ref>
When [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan]] and [[Korean embassies to Edo]] traveled up the [[Yodo River]] from [[Osaka]] to [[Fushimi]], on their way to Edo (or, back down, on the return journey), ''kawa gozabune'' - the riverine versions of these ocean-going luxury vessels - were commissioned from various ''daimyô'' of western Honshû and Kyushu to carry the foreign envoys.
When [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan]] and [[Korean embassies to Edo]] traveled up the [[Yodo River]] from [[Osaka]] to [[Fushimi]], on their way to Edo (or, back down, on the return journey), ''kawa gozabune'' - the riverine versions of these ocean-going luxury vessels - were commissioned from various ''daimyô'' of western Honshû and Kyushu to carry the foreign envoys.