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*''Japanese'': マーラン ''(maaran)'', 馬艦船 ''(maaran sen)''
''Maaran'' were a type of Ryukyuan ships, in the style of Chinese junks, which dominated private commercial shipping within the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] in the 18th and early 19th centuries. There were typically five to eight such vessels regularly traveling between [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and the [[Sakishima Islands]], though sometimes there might have been as many as twelve. The ''maaran'' also came to play a significant role in carrying [[tribute]] goods and trade goods from Ryûkyû to China.
The name ''maaran'' (lit. "horse ships") is a Japanese/Ryukyuan approximation of the Chinese term, deriving from the idea that these swift vessels sped through the ocean like running horses.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, August 2013.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42968-storytopic-121.html Maaransen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
''Maaran'' were a type of Ryukyuan ships, in the style of Chinese junks, which dominated private commercial shipping within the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] in the 18th and early 19th centuries. There were typically five to eight such vessels regularly traveling between [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and the [[Sakishima Islands]], though sometimes there might have been as many as twelve. The ''maaran'' also came to play a significant role in carrying [[tribute]] goods and trade goods from Ryûkyû to China.
The name ''maaran'' (lit. "horse ships") is a Japanese/Ryukyuan approximation of the Chinese term, deriving from the idea that these swift vessels sped through the ocean like running horses.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum, August 2013.
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-42968-storytopic-121.html Maaransen]," Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
