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In [[1869]], following the fall of the shogunate, the ''Kanrin Maru'' joined the ''[[Shoheimaru|Shôheimaru]]'' in shipping goods to and from [[Hokkaido]] for colonial development efforts.<ref>Gallery labels, Museum of the Meiji Restoration, Kagoshima, Sept 2014.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21372010265/sizes/k/]</ref>
In [[1869]], following the fall of the shogunate, the ''Kanrin Maru'' joined the ''[[Shoheimaru|Shôheimaru]]'' in shipping goods to and from [[Hokkaido]] for colonial development efforts.<ref>Gallery labels, Museum of the Meiji Restoration, Kagoshima, Sept 2014.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21372010265/sizes/k/]</ref>
The ship sank in [[1871]] near Kikonai, [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] while carrying settlers from [[Hakodate]] to [[Otaru]]. Efforts to find the wreck have thus far been unsuccessful.<ref>Isayama Takuya, "Mission fails to find Kanrin Maru shipwreck, but search continues," ''Asahi Shimbun'', 29 Nov 2019.[http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201911290050.html]</ref>
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