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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 [[Tsurusaki]]<ref>An [[Inland Sea]] port on the east side of Kyushu, near [[Beppu]].</ref> 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]], or between [[Kokura]] and [[Hyogo no tsu|Hyôgo no tsu]].<ref>It was common for ''daimyô'' to follow different ''sankin kôtai'' routes; some ''daimyô'' merely changed their route over the course of the Edo period, but others, like the Hosokawa, alternated between different routes depending on conditions, or depending on the lord's whims.</ref>

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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