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*''Japanese'': 国吉丸 ''(Kuniyoshi-maru)''
The ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' was a [[Shimazu clan]] vessel which traveled to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] on several notable occasions in the late 16th century.
At some point in the late 1560s or early 1570s, the ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' was received with great violence upon arriving at [[Naha]], the main port of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. Very little is known of this incident, but the Shimazu later claimed that the first mate of the ship was beheaded, and cited this among a list of offenses committed by the kingdom against maintaining a good relationship with the Shimazu.
After this, the ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' did not sail to Ryûkyû for a number of years.
After Ryûkyû made efforts to make amends for its various supposed offenses in [[1577]]-[[1578]], the Shimazu dispatched the ship to Naha once again in [[1579]], as a show of the restoration of good relations. An official who traveled to Naha aboard the ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' at that time, Yamashita Chikugo, was assigned by the Shimazu to observe King [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei's]] [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture ceremonies]] and to gather intelligence about the kingdom.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 210-212.
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
The ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' was a [[Shimazu clan]] vessel which traveled to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] on several notable occasions in the late 16th century.
At some point in the late 1560s or early 1570s, the ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' was received with great violence upon arriving at [[Naha]], the main port of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. Very little is known of this incident, but the Shimazu later claimed that the first mate of the ship was beheaded, and cited this among a list of offenses committed by the kingdom against maintaining a good relationship with the Shimazu.
After this, the ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' did not sail to Ryûkyû for a number of years.
After Ryûkyû made efforts to make amends for its various supposed offenses in [[1577]]-[[1578]], the Shimazu dispatched the ship to Naha once again in [[1579]], as a show of the restoration of good relations. An official who traveled to Naha aboard the ''Kuniyoshi-maru'' at that time, Yamashita Chikugo, was assigned by the Shimazu to observe King [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei's]] [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture ceremonies]] and to gather intelligence about the kingdom.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 210-212.
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]