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*''Japanese'': 観光丸 ''(kankou maru)''

*''Japanese'': 観光丸 ''(kankou maru)''

The ''Kankô Maru'', originally known as ''Soembing'', was a Dutch ship sent by the King of the Netherlands to [[Nagasaki]] in [[1854]] and again in [[1855]], as part of arrangements by [[VOC]] factor [[Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius]] to provide naval and military training to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] troops as part of a broader set of treaty agreements.

The ''Kankô Maru'', originally known as ''Soembing'', was a Dutch steamship sent by the King of the Netherlands to [[Nagasaki]] in [[1854]] and again in [[1855]], as part of arrangements by [[VOC]] factor [[Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius]] to provide naval and military training to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] troops as part of a broader set of treaty agreements.

The shogunate expressed to Curtius in [[1853]] interest in constructing a modern Japanese navy. Curtius corresponded with the Netherlands, and the ''Soembing'' arrived at Nagasaki the following summer, where its crew engaged in some limited training exercises. In July 1855, Curtius proposed that the ''Soembing'' be given as a gift to the shogunate, and that its crew train some number of Japanese sailors more extensively, but only in conjunction with a broader formal treaty between the two countries.  

The shogunate expressed to Curtius in [[1853]] interest in constructing a modern Japanese navy. Curtius corresponded with the Netherlands, and the ''Soembing'' arrived at Nagasaki the following summer captained by [[Gerhardus Fabius]]. There, its crew engaged in some limited training exercises. In July 1855, the ''Soembing'' returned to Nagasaki along with a ship called the ''[[Gedeh]]''. Curtius announced that he had been ordered by King Willem III to present the ''Soembing'' as a gift to the shogunate. along with a portrait of the king, and to have its crew train some number of Japanese sailors more extensively in the operation of the vessel.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 78.</ref> The ship was formally handed over to Nagasaki-based shogunate officials on 1855/8/25.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 109.</ref>

Curtius made his formal proposal for a commercial treaty on September 7 (7/26), and by February the following year, the Dutch-Japanese [[Treaty of Peace and Amity (Dutch-Japan)|Treaty of Peace and Amity]] had been concluded.

Curtius made his formal proposal for a commercial treaty on September 7 (7/26), and by February the following year, the Dutch-Japanese [[Treaty of Peace and Amity (Dutch-Japan)|Treaty of Peace and Amity]] had been concluded.

Renamed ''Kankô Maru'', the ship became the first Western-style modern warship in the shogunate's fleet. The ''[[Kanrin Maru]]'' is generally considered the second, though the ''[[Shoheimaru|Shôheimaru]]'' was constructed by [[Satsuma han]] and gifted to the shogunate around the same time.

Renamed ''Kankô Maru'', the ship became the first Western-style modern warship in the shogunate's fleet. The ''[[Kanrin Maru]]'' is generally considered the second, though the ''[[Shoheimaru|Shôheimaru]]'' was constructed by [[Satsuma han]] and gifted to the shogunate around the same time.

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==References==

==References==

*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 260.

*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 260.

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