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*''Japanese'': 波奈之丸 ''(nami nashi maru)''
*''Japanese'': 波奈之丸 ''(nami nashi maru)''
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was one of the chief personal ships of the [[Hosokawa clan]] lord of [[Kumamoto han]]. A ''[[gozabune]]'', it was grand in design and ornately decorated to display the wealth, power, and cultivation of the Hosokawa, and featured a special compartment (''goza'' or ''yakata'') employed by the ''daimyô'' himself. It was regularly used by the Hosokawa lords for the maritime portion of their ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' journeys to [[Edo]], sailing between [[Kumamoto]] and [[Osaka]].
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was one of the chief personal ships of the [[Hosokawa clan]] lord of [[Kumamoto han]]. A ''[[gozabune]]'', it was grand in design and ornately decorated to display the wealth, power, and cultivation of the Hosokawa, and featured a special compartment (''goza'' or ''yakata'') employed by the ''daimyô'' himself. It was regularly used by the Hosokawa lords for the maritime portion of their ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' journeys to [[Edo]], sailing between [[Tsurusaki]]<ref>An [[Inland Sea]] port on the east side of Kyushu, near [[Beppu]].</ref> and [[Osaka]].
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was first constructed in [[1624]] by [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]], and was rebuilt numerous times, such that it continued to exist, albeit in new incarnations, throughout the rest of the [[Edo period]]. The ''goza'' ("honorable seat") section of the sixth incarnation of the ship (built in [[1839]]) survives today, and is typically on display in [[Kumamoto castle]]. This sixth incarnation of the ship was some eighteen meters long and six or seven meters wide.
The ''Naminashi-maru'' was first constructed in [[1624]] by [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]], and was rebuilt numerous times, such that it continued to exist, albeit in new incarnations, throughout the rest of the [[Edo period]]. The ''goza'' ("honorable seat") section of the sixth incarnation of the ship (built in [[1839]]) survives today, and is typically on display in [[Kumamoto castle]]. This sixth incarnation of the ship was some eighteen meters long and six or seven meters wide.
==References==
==References==
*''Eisei bunko no kokuhô'', Tokyo: Eisei Bunko (2004), cat. no. 42.
*''Eisei bunko no kokuhô'', Tokyo: Eisei Bunko (2004), cat. no. 42.
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[[Category:Ships]]
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]