Asahi-maru
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- Japanese: 旭日丸 (Asahi maru)
The Asahi-maru was a warship constructed by Mito han at Ishikawajima in Edo, on the orders of the shogunate. Completed in 1855, it was named Asahi-maru the following year. Mito turned over the warship to the shogunate on 1857/12/1.
References
- Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 17, 213, 454.
