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- Other Names: 桜島丸 (Sakurajima-maru), Union
- Japanese: 乙丑丸 (Itchuu maru)
The Itchû-maru was a Chôshû han steamship prominent in the Bakumatsu period. Originally a British vessel named Union, it was obtained by Satsuma han from Thomas Glover in 1865 and renamed Sakurajima-maru, before later coming into the possession of Chôshû and being renamed again.
References
- Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol. 6 (1937), 251.
