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*''Japanese'': 新安沉船 ''(Shin'an chinsen)''

*''Japanese'': 新安沉船 ''(Shin'an chinsen)''

The Sinan shipwreck was that of a ship from [[Ningbo]] which sank off the Korean coast in [[1323]], carrying some 8,000 strings of [[Chinese currency|coins]] (28 tons), in addition to porcelains and other cargo. Discovered and excavated in the late 20th century, the shipwreck provides numerous valuable insights into medieval maritime trade, ceramics styles, currency, etc.

The Sinan shipwreck was that of a ship from [[Ningbo]] which sank off the Korean coast in [[1323]], carrying some 8,000 strings of [[Chinese currency|coins]], more than 24,000 porcelains and ceramics,<ref name=museum>Gallery labels, Sinan Shipwreck Collection, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/27679955108/in/dateposted-public/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/27679955108/in/photostream/]</ref> in addition to other cargo. Discovered and excavated in the 1970s-1980s, the find was noted for its unusually nearly intact cargo. The shipwreck provides numerous valuable insights into medieval maritime trade, ceramics styles, currency, etc.

Some scholarship indicates the ship likely had been commissioned by the Kyoto temple [[Tofukuji|Tôfuku-ji]], in order to obtain Chinese coins and goods to help fund the rebuilding of the temple, which was severely damaged in a [[1319]] fire.

The discovery of the shipwreck began in 1976 with a fisherman's discovery of a celadon vase near the coast of Sinan county, South Korea. Excavations took place over the next eight years.<ref name=museum/>

 

The ship contained numerous [[mokkan|wooden tablets]] featuring Japanese names, including one of a ''[[kanjin hijiri]]'' working to collect funds for construction efforts at the Kyoto temple [[Tofuku-ji|Tôfuku-ji]], which had been severely damaged in a fire in [[1319]]. The cargo also included numerous works of [[porcelain]] from [[Jiangxi province]], [[celadon]]s from [[Zhejiang province]], and other ceramics from elsewhere in southern China, along with roughly 28 tons of [[Song Dynasty]] coins, loaded into the keel as ballast.<ref name=museum/> Excavation efforts also brought up roughly 1,000 pieces of [[sandalwood]] and some 720 fragments of the ship's hull.<ref name=museum/> Brass, tin, copper, and bronze items, including ladles, cooking pots, and measuring tools, were also found, along with cinnamon, pepper, cloves, and other spices; seeds; lacquerwares; weapons; game pieces and game boards; Buddhist statuettes; and other ritual implements. The 8,000 coins found in the shipwreck weighed a total of some 28 tons, and included coins as old as a ''huaquan'' coin from 14 CE, and ones as new as ''Zhida tongbao'' and ''Dayuan tongbao'' from [[1310]]; 340 ingots of precious metals were also found.<ref name=museum/>

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==References==

==References==

*Richard von Glahn, "The Ningbo-Hakata Merchant Network and the Reorientation of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 272, 279.

*Richard von Glahn, "The Ningbo-Hakata Merchant Network and the Reorientation of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1350," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 74:2 (2014), 272, 279.

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